BlockCumberland City, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Cumberland City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42602. The Survey maps it on the Cumberland City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Cumberland City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Cumberland City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
46 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Cumberland City between 1998 and 2019, burning about 2,346 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 98 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 150 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WHIPPOORWILL FIRE |
| 19 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROWENEA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cumberland City in 12 storm reports between 2003 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cumberland City | $200,000 | Homes were damaged and barns were destroyed by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cumberland City | $20,000 | Trees were uprooted. Some of the trees were blown on to cars. An outbuilding was overturned. Power lines were downed. |
| September 2024 | Hail | Cumberland City | - | Golf ball sized hail was observed near Cumberland City. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cumberland City | - | Trees were down in Cumberland City. |
| February 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cumberland City | - | Several structures were damaged along Highway 558. |
| February 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Cumberland City | - | The National Weather Service in conjunction with Clinton County Emergency Management conducted the storm damage assessment survey. ||The initial tornado touchdown was on the western edge of Cumberland City, approximately 5 miles northeast of Albany. There were several snapped trees along with roof damage at several homes, before more extensive structural damage occurred at 5250 Hwy 558.||Several large barns were destroyed or had at least 70% of their walls blown out. A brand new (1 month old) 64' x 56' barn was totally destroyed. The debris from the barn was thrown over a quarter of a mile down wind to the northeast. Another 60' x 43' barn that had recently been remodeled and upgraded had three walls blown out. A Kubota UTV weighing 2500 pounds was moved 30 yards and rotated 180 degrees. There was also extensive snapping and uprooting of trees. Winds were estimated to be 110 mph.||Farther to the northeast, a large 50' x 60' barn was destroyed, and debris went at least a half of a mile down wind. A mobile home along Hwy 829 was lifted off its foundation, and there were several trees uprooted and snapped.||The tornado crossed 829 and then crossed 1009 with extensive tree damage along both sides of the road. A large barn on 1009 had two walls blown out with debris thrown over a half of a mile downwind into Wayne county.||The tornado continued into far western portions of Wayne county.||Clinton County Emergency Management Director Lucas Abner and Dr. Bill Fountain, the Extension Specialist from the University of Kentucky Extension helped with the survey. |
| March 2020 | Flash Flood | Cumberland City | - | Flash flooding was reported across portions of county and state roads in the northern part of Clinton County. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cumberland City | - | There were trees down on Mill Road. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cumberland City | - | Clinton county dispatch reported that tree limbs were down in Cumberland City. The fire department had to be called to remove a tree and tree limbs from a roadway in Cumberland City. |
| February 2009 | Hail | Cumberland City | - | Hail was covering the ground and up to 2 inches deep. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cumberland City | - | Trees were downed. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cumberland City | - | Trees were downed. Marble size hail was also reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watauga | 0.8 miles | 10 | |
| Narvel | 1.8 miles | 10 | |
| Marlow | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Williams Creek (historical) | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Nora | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Cartwright | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Seventy Six | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Alpha | 4.3 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 490474. 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.