Cabell, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Zula-Powersburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42633. It lies near The Lonnie Hollow (historical). The Survey maps it on the Cumberland City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Cumberland City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Cumberland City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
57 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Cabell between 1998 and 2014, burning about 3,330 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 98 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 August 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HUFFAKER F |
| 25 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROWENEA |
| 7 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cabell in 4 storm reports between 2006 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Cabell | $40,000 | The tornado narrowed as it crossed from Clinton County (Louisville, KY County Warning Area) into Wayne County, with some straight line wind damage noted. The winds|generally were from the west to southwest surrounding the tornado.|The straight line winds of 65 to 75 mph damaged 2 barns. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cabell | $500 | A citizen observed a tree down on Old Sawmill Road in Cabell off of Kentucky Highway 1546. This caused some fence damage on a property. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Cabell | - | Golf ball size hail occurred in Murl near Hwy 1546. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cabell | - | Two trees down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stop (historical) | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Ramsey Island | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Gar (historical) | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Murl | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Parnell | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Wait | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Susie | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Zula | 4.6 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507633. 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.




