Burnside, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Burnside census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42519. It stands on Big South Fork Cumberland River. The Survey maps it on the Burnside quadrangle. 694 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 860 feet above sea level.
On record in Burnside
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 4 records
Boland Houselisted 1984
Burnside Lodgelisted 1984
Burnside Methodist Churchlisted 1985- Burnside Historic Districtlisted 1984
Population over time
3 figuresBurnside grew from 637 to 694 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 637 | |
| 2010 | 611 | -26 (-4%) |
| 2020 | 694 | +83 (+14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1932 USGS Burnside quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Burnside quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Burnside quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
68 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Burnside between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,794 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 31 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 1999 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RADIO TOWE |
| 29 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RADIO TOWE |
| 23 June 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 June 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 June 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Burnside: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tateville Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
24 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burnside in 24 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 16 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 lightning, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burnside | 1 hurt | A person was injured by thunderstorm wind gusts in Burnside. |
| August 2003 | Lightning | Burnside | 1 hurt | One man was injured when he was struck by lightning. |
| April 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burnside | $10,000 | There were numerous trees blown down in the Burnside and Bronson area. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burnside | $10,000 | The metal roof was blown off of a business building. |
| April 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burnside | $5,000 | A couple of trees were blown down. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burnside | $5,000 | There were numerous large limbs being torn out trees. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burnside | $2,000 | Trees and power lines were downed. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burnside | $1,000 | The amateur radio community reported a tree blown down onto vehicle along Circle Lane in Burnside. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burnside | $1,000 | A tree was blown down along Homestead Drive. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burnside | $1,000 | A tree was blown down along County Rd. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burnside | - | Reports of several trees down near the Burnside community. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burnside | - | A couple of trees were blown down along a small stretch of Highway 27 near General Burnside State Park. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burnside | - | A tree was blown on the third hole of the General Burnside State Park Golf Course. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burnside | - | A tree was blown down along Lakeshore Drive. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burnside | - | A trained spotter reported a thunderstorm wind gust of 50 mph in the community of Burnside. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burnside | - | Power outages were reported in Burnside. |
| June 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Burnside | - | A member of the public reported seeing a funnel cloud in Burnside. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burnside | - | Tree down on residential property on Highland Avenue. |
| February 2017 | Hail | Burnside | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Burnside | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Burnside | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Burnside | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Burnside | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Burnside | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bronston | 1.2 miles | 12 | |
| Cedar Grove | 1.9 miles | 11 | |
| Tateville | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Quinton | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Waite (historical) | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Durham (historical) | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Elihu | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Bourbon | 4.5 miles | 11 |
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 Burnside | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q969361 | 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 511083. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.





