Burnaugh, Kentucky
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Catlettsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41129. It stands on Prichard Branch. The Survey maps it on the Burnaugh quadrangle. It stands 587 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1901 USGS Ceredo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1904 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000
- 1913 USGS Ceredo quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Burnaugh quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Burnaugh quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Burnaugh quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
111 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Burnaugh between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,594 acres in total. None started naturally. 56 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 56 |
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | CENTERVILLE RD |
| 30 August 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | 1190 BALENGEE BR. |
| 8 May 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | TOMS CREEK ROAD |
| 3 May 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | RICE BRANCH ROAD |
| 2 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | LOCK HILL |
| 9 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WHITES CREEK |
| 9 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | UPPER GRAGSTON CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burnaugh in 1 storm report in 1997: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1997 | Hail | Burnaugh | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Durbin-Burnaugh (historical) | 0.0 miles | 23 | |
| Kavanaugh | 0.6 miles | 23 | |
| Durbin | 1.6 miles | 23 | |
| Lockwood | 3.3 miles | 23 | |
| Big Sandy (historical) | 4.8 miles | 21 | |
| Whites Creek (historical) | 5.8 miles | 23 | |
| Savage Branch | 5.9 miles | 23 | |
| Boltsfork | 6.3 miles | 21 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Burnaugh | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4999609 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 488442. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.









