Cornettsville, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Daisy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41731. It stands on Leatherwood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Vicco quadrangle. It stands 932 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1891 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1916 USGS Cornettsville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Vicco quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Vicco quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
271 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 271 fires within 5 miles of Cornettsville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 10,076 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 48 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 | 124 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 72 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 48 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 20 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | ORCHARD |
| 26 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ELK CREEK |
| 19 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | UPPER RIVER RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cornettsville in 6 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornettsville | $4,000 | There were trees reported down along KY highway 7 near Cornettsville. The report was relayed by TV media. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Cornettsville | $1,000 | High water caused by brush backing up under a bridge lead to flooding of Little Leatherwood Creek Road. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornettsville | - | Kentucky State Police reported a tree knocked down onto KY-7 in the vicinity of Cornettsville. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornettsville | - | Trees were blown down, including one that fell on a house on Big Branch in the Fusonia/Kodak area. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornettsville | - | Two trees were blown down. |
| July 2000 | Hail | Cornettsville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fuson (historical) | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Daisy | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Big Branch (historical) | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Fusonia | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Wentz | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Beehive (historical) | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Slemp | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Middle Fork (historical) | 4.4 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 Cornettsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5171705 | 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 490126. 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.






