BlockBurnetta, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Nancy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42544. It lies near Wildcat Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Faubush quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Faubush quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Faubush quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Burnetta between 2000 and 2014, burning about 245 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 205 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | KING TOWN# 2 |
| 12 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 17 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PORTER CREEK |
| 23 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 31 October 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 October 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burnetta in 7 storm reports between 2010 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burnetta | $1,000 | A powerline was reported down on West Hwy-80 near the town of Nancy. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burnetta | $1,000 | A powerline was downed from winds at the 300 block of Pierce Road, near the community of Nancy. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burnetta | - | Trees were reported down along the Cumberland Parkway at mile marker 78 (Nancy Exit), blocking both of the eastbound lanes. The first responders that were called out also reported having golf ball sized hail en route to the location. |
| July 2019 | Flash Flood | Burnetta | - | A local media outlet reported water swiftly flowing over Amy Lane west of Nancy due to a local creek overspilling its banks. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burnetta | - | A tree was blown down on Hwy 1664. |
| July 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Burnetta | - | A weather service storm survey confirmed that an EF-0 tornado briefly touched down near Nancy, KY. The estimated maximum winds in the tornado were 75 mph. The path width of the tornado was approximately 100 yards, with a path length of 0.3 miles. The tornado was on the ground for less than a minute. Minor tree damage and structural damage were observed at the intersection of Hwy 1664 and Pierce Road. An old barn collapsed due to the storm and some shingles were blown off a home. A few tombstones in a nearby cemetery were overturned by the tornadoes winds. This tornado developed from a shower. No thunder or lightning was ever observed in the area. |
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | Burnetta | - | High was water was reported inside buildings in Nancy. |
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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q122559783 | 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 507624. 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.