Bybee, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Waco-Bybee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40385. The Survey maps it on the Panola quadrangle. It stands 909 feet above sea level.
On record in Bybee
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 1 record
Cornelison Potterylisted 1978
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1892 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Panola quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
35 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Bybee between 1997 and 2014, burning about 229 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GOODLOE CHAPEL RD FIRE |
| 17 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 31 August 1999 | Smoking | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 June 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BRASSFIELD |
| 26 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bybee: 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hog Jowl Mountain Roadcut | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Portwood Clay | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Possum Run Clay Bed | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bybee in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2018: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bybee | $30,000 | State officials reported trees down on power lines on Drowning Creek Road. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bybee | - | The fire department reported a measured gust of 58 mph. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Bybee | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waco | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Elliston | 1.7 miles | 15 | |
| Moberly | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| College Hill | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Brassfield | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Speedwell | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Panola | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Reeds Crossing | 5.2 miles | 15 |
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 Bybee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5003945 | 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 488554. 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.






