Dougan Town, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Burkesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42717. It stands on Rocky Branch. The Survey maps it on the Burkesville quadrangle.
On record in Dougan Town
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Coe Houselisted 2009 · 0.3 miles away
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.
- 1953 USGS Burkesville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Burkesville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
39 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Dougan Town between 1998 and 2019, burning about 579 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 August 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 June 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 24 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WILSON |
| 21 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 March 2001 | Smoking | 3.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 28 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GOOSE CREE |
| 5 March 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dougan Town: 1 occurrence, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Oil Shale, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Cadmium, Germanium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burkesville | Zinc, Cadmium, Germanium | Past Producer | Sphalerite | |
| Grider Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Outcrop Sample For Uranium | Uranium, Oil Shale | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dougan Town in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | Flash Flood | Dougan Town | - | Multiple roads in Cumberland County were closed as a result of flash flooding. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Dougan Town | - | The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey and found a|tornado occurred on Sunday, May 26th, 2024 about 3 miles north of|Burkesville. The tornado started just to the east of Old Columbia|Road along Little Renox Creek in fields behind a residence. A few|trees were uprooted consistent with EF0 85 mph strength. The|tornado then continued across Columbia Road and|did extensive tree damage along a hillside to the east of the|highway. Tree damage consistent with EF1 90 mph strength was|observed on the hillside just to the east of the highway. The|tornado then lifted with no observed damage via drone footage to|the east of the hill. |
| May 2017 | Flash Flood | Dougan Town | - | State officials received many reports of high water over many roadways across the 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Creek (historical) | 0.7 miles | 10 | |
| Burkesville | 0.8 miles | 10 | |
| Bow | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Grider | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Little Renox (historical) | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Bakerton | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Claywell | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Ellington | 4.3 miles | 8 |
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 Q122560350 | 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 491055. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.




