Coburg, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Cane Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42728. It stands on Russell Branch. The Survey maps it on the Cane Valley quadrangle. It stands 741 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Cane Valley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Cane Valley quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Coburg between 1998 and 2020, burning about 128 acres in total. 1 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 | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HARMON ROAD |
| 24 August 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LEMONS BEND RD. FIRE |
| 6 March 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 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 Coburg: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coburg in 3 storm reports between 2000 and 2022: 2 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2022 | Flash Flood | Coburg | - | Flash flooding occurred in Coburg. Damage amount unknown. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Coburg | - | Six to eight inches of water was covering Cane Valley Road between Cane Valley and Kellyville. Water was making roads impassable for most cars and causing several driveways to be impassable as well. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Coburg | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kellyville | 0.6 miles | 12 | |
| Cane Valley | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Cyclone (historical) | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Holmes | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Mount Pleasant (historical) | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Hatcher | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Absher | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Butler Branch (historical) | 5.8 miles | 9 |
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 Coburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5139016 | 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 507722. 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.




