Clifty, Kentucky
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Kirkmansville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42220. It stands on Sulfur Lick. The Survey maps it on the Allegre quadrangle. It stands 810 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1952 USGS Allegre quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Hopkinsville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Clifty between 2000 and 2010, burning about 161 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SHED FIRE |
| 26 August 2007 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 55 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 March 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clifty in 14 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 6 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Clifty | $125,000 | Several trees were blown down. A barn and several greenhouses were damaged. Some shingles were blown off houses. The roof was blown off a garage that was part of a business. A camper trailer about 25 feet long was overturned and destroyed. A pool was damaged, and a grain bin was damaged. The tornado followed a path very close to Highway 107 before ending on the northeast side of Clifty. Peak winds were estimated near 80 mph. The average path width was 150 yards. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Clifty | $30,000 | Softball-size hail fell in the vicinity of Clifty and Kirkmansville. Several roofs and automobiles were damaged. |
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clifty | $20,000 | Damage was mainly to trees and a mobile home roof. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clifty | $15,000 | Downburst winds from a supercell storm damaged a roof and destroyed an outhouse. |
| July 2020 | Lightning | Clifty | $10,000 | A lightning strike caused a house fire. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clifty | $5,000 | In the eastern part of the county, the roof of a sun deck was blown into a neighboring house, and trees were blown down. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clifty | $4,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were down across northern portions of the county. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clifty | $1,000 | Gust was measured in Clifty. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Clifty | - | Hail estimated to quarter size was reported in Clifty. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clifty | - | A wind gust from 60 to 65 mph was estimated by a trained spotter. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Clifty | - | Quarter size hail fell in northeast portions of the county. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Clifty | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Clifty | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Clifty | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mays Store | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Tyewhoppety | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Ashbury (historical) | 3.2 miles | 7 | |
| Cedar Grove | 4.2 miles | 7 | |
| Mount Tabor | 4.6 miles | 7 | |
| Jason | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Kirkmansville | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Tuckertown (historical) | 5.7 miles | 7 |
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 Clifty | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5133364 | 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 489678. 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.



