Dabney, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Somerset census division. It lies near May Knob. The Survey maps it on the Bobtown quadrangle. It stands 1,070 feet above sea level.
On record in Dabney
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Dabney Post Officelisted 1984
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1935 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Bobtown quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
16 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Dabney between 1998 and 2019, burning about 158 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WARE ROAD FIRE |
| 8 March 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 March 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GRUNDY |
| 19 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WOODHAVEN DRIVE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dabney in 12 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 4 flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dabney | $5,000 | According to reports received by WKYT and the Commonwealth Journal in Somerset, KY, a residential trailer located on Hwy 1317 three miles northwest of Shopville sustained major damage due to thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Dabney | $2,000 | A small tornado downed trees, damaged crops, and blew down a sign. |
| May 2017 | Flash Flood | Dabney | $1,000 | Flash flooding of a small stream occurred along KY Hwy 39, causing the road to be covered with flowing water. Two vehicles became stranded while attempting to drive through the flooded roadway. |
| May 2017 | Flood | Dabney | $1,000 | Kentucky Hwy 39 near Dabney was closed for a period of time due to flooding. |
| April 2015 | Flood | Dabney | $1,000 | Several inches of water were observed flowing across North Harper Rd. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Dabney | $1,000 | An inch of water was seen flowing across the corner of Pine Hill Road and Barnes Road. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Dabney | $1,000 | An inch of water was seen flowing across the road between Barnesburg Road and Welborn road. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dabney | $100 | The Pulaski County Mesonet station in the community of Dabney reported a 56 mph gust. |
| January 2022 | Heavy Rain | Dabney | - | The Kentucky Mesonet station in Pulaski County (DABN) measured 4.19 inches of rainfall in a 48-hour period ending at 7am on January 2, 2022. |
| March 2021 | Heavy Rain | Dabney | - | The Kentucky Mesonet station northeast of Somerset measured 2.04 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dabney | - | A tree was blown down and onto a house. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Dabney | - | Six to eight inches of water was flowing into one lane of Highway 39 in the Nelson Valley area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coin | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| Bobtown | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Barnesburg | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Mark | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Welborn | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Etna | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Dry Hole (historical) | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Sugar Hill | 3.9 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 Dabney | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5207501 | 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 507805. 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.




