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Colesburg, Kentucky

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Elizabethtown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42701. It stands on Patty Branch. The Survey maps it on the Colesburg quadrangle.

Colesburg within Hardin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

25 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Colesburg between 1997 and 2017, burning about 262 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning6
Recreation and ceremony5
Arson/incendiarism2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
28 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 March 2000Debris and open burning15 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 March 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 March 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
27 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hardin County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Colesburg: 1 prospect. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Rolling Fork ShaleClayProspect

Every working recorded in Hardin County

Storms near this place

9 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Colesburg in 9 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2022HailColesburg-Two inch hail was observed near the Hardin and Nelson County line.
May 2022HailColesburg-Two inch hail was observed in the Colesburg community.
May 2022HailColesburg-Quarter-sized hail was observed along US 62 east of Elizabethtown. Hail caused minor damage to a commercial greenhouse.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindColesburg-Power poles and wires were down along Woolridge Ferry Road between KY 434 and KY 313.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindColesburg-Trees down at the intersection of Stovall Road and Bardstown Road.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindColesburg-The public reported torrential rainfall and trees down in the road.
June 2017Flash FloodColesburg-The Hardin County COOP Observer reported high water flowing across US Highway 62 northeast of Elizabethtown.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindColesburg-Amateur radio operator reported a 56 knot measured wind gust.
January 2008Flash FloodColesburg-A swift water rescue was performed along Highway 583 at Younger's Creek.

Every storm recorded in Hardin County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Booth1.8 miles13
Younger Creek3.3 miles7
Crest4.4 miles13
Tunnel Hills4.7 miles18
Indian Hills6.5 miles18
Long View7.4 miles15
Elizabethtown7.7 miles18
Rogersville8.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 489834. 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.