Dobbins, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Isonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41180. It stands on Booth Branch. The Survey maps it on the Willard quadrangle. It stands 676 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1903 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1904 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Willard quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Willard quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
61 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Dobbins between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,215 acres in total. None started naturally. 16 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 | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 22 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DOG FOOD |
| 25 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 70 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 April 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | EZRA HOWARD RD FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dobbins in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2010: 1 flood, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Dobbins | - | KY Hwy 1612 was reported to be flooded and was closed just inside the Carter county line 4 miles east southeast of Bruin. |
| February 2008 | Flood | Dobbins | - | Three feet of water was on ky highway 863. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephens | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Gomez (historical) | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Edsel | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Blaines Trace (historical) | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Fielden | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Bruin | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Halcom | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Culver | 6.0 miles | 14 |
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 Dobbins | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5286536 | 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 507859. 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.






