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Daysboro, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Hazel Green census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41332. It stands on Gillmore Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hazel Green quadrangle.

Daysboro within Wolfe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

144 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Daysboro between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,509 acres in total. None started naturally. 23 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 burning61
Missing data/not specified/undetermined44
Arson/incendiarism23
Recreation and ceremony11
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
7 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 September 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 September 2019Debris and open burning4.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCAMP BRANCH
1 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 August 2007Debris and open burning4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 May 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 May 2000Arson/incendiarism125 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wolfe County

Storms near this place

7 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Daysboro in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind. 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 2025Thunderstorm WindDaysboro$75,000Pictures on social media showed multiple trees blown down, including onto residences and vehicles along Fallen Road, in the Insko community. Minor wind damage was also sustained to the siding and roofing of a single wide trailer.
April 2000Thunderstorm WindDaysboro$5,000Strong winds produced roof and porch damage to a residence. Another garage also received roof damage.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindDaysboro$1,000A NWS employee reported a large tree and powerlines were reported to have been blown down between MM 12 and the Red River Elementary School on KY-191.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindDaysboro$1,000A tree was blown down and across a road.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindDaysboro-A tree was blown down on Rexville Rd.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindDaysboro-A large tree was blown down and across Hwy 191 in Daysboro.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindDaysboro-Trees were reported down onto the roadway.

Every storm recorded in Wolfe 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
Lower Gillmore2.1 miles14
Hazel Green2.2 miles14
Helechawa2.7 miles14
Rose Chapel (historical)3.4 miles13
Gillmore3.9 miles11
Lee City4.4 miles11
Toliver4.5 miles14
Lexie4.7 miles13

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.

Wikidata item Q122558628The 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 507825. 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.