BlockDavisburg, Kentucky
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Kentucky Ridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40977. It stands on Major Branch. The Survey maps it on the Kayjay quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1886 USGS Cumberland Gap quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Cumberland Gap quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Cumberland Gap quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1952 USGS Davisburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Kayjay quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Middlesboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
128 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Davisburg between 1997 and 2020, burning about 7,231 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 27 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 | 64 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 June 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 17 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | OLD MILL ROAD FIRE |
| 24 June 2014 | Natural | 80 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PUNKIN PATCH |
| 6 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GIVENS RD |
| 5 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 May 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HALL RD FIRE |
| 7 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LITTLE ROUND MT FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Davisburg in 5 storm reports between 2014 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2019 | Heavy Rain | Davisburg | $20,000 | The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet reported mudslides across the county. These caused the roadway to be reduced to one lane on Kentucky Highways 74, 987, 225, and 1344. |
| July 2019 | Flash Flood | Davisburg | $5,000 | Local media reported flowing water around Oat Field Branch off of Kentucky Highway 92 southwest of Ingram. This resulted in homeowners being trapped as a footbridge washed away. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davisburg | - | A tree was blown down along KY-92 in the area near Ingram and Wheeler. |
| March 2021 | Flood | Davisburg | - | Hwy 190 is impassible in Bell County. No specifics were given as to which section of the road, however. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davisburg | - | Multiple trees were blown down between Frakes and Pineville. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507820. 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.