Cobb, Kentucky
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Princeton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42445. It stands on Millwood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cobb quadrangle. It stands 459 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Cobb quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Cobb quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Hopkinsville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Cobb between 1999 and 2012, burning about 94 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Smoking | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 June 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | 139 RAMP |
| 26 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PERRY |
| 10 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 November 1999 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 November 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROCKCASTLE ROAD |
| 6 October 2008 | Smoking | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cobb in 12 storm reports between 1995 and 2016: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cobb | $8,000 | On Highway 91, trees up to two feet in diameter were blown down. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Cobb | - | Tree limbs were blown down by this very short, weak tornado. The tornado was witnessed by a trained spotter. Peak winds were estimated near 65 mph. |
| April 2010 | Heavy Rain | Cobb | - | Three-quarters of an inch of rain fell in 14 minutes. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cobb | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cobb | - | A co-operative observer estimated wind gusts from 50 to 60 MPH. |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Cobb | - | Millwood Creek overflowed its banks onto Harmony Church Road. A vehicle was swept off the road and into the creek. The vehicle came to rest against some trees, and the man driving it was able to climb onto the roof. The fire department located the man a few hours later and rescued him with ladders. The flash flood was caused by a nearly stationary isolated thunderstorm. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Cobb | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Cobb | - | no account filed |
| March 2011 | Hail | Cobb | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Cobb | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Cobb | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Cobb | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otter Pond | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Hopson | 3.6 miles | 7 | |
| Friendship | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| McGowan | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Lebanon (historical) | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Scottsburg | 6.5 miles | 16 | |
| Rock Spring (historical) | 7.2 miles | 15 | |
| Walche Cut | 7.4 miles | 16 |
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 Cobb | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690239 | 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 489747. 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.




