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Draffenville, Kentucky

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Calvert City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42025. The Survey maps it on the Briensburg quadrangle.

Draffenville within Marshall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

18 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Draffenville between 1998 and 2016, burning about 197 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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
Recreation and ceremony7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning2
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
6 September 2010Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryWHISPERING HILLS
23 September 2015Recreation and ceremony10 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLITTLE BEAR CREEK FIRE
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMARSHALL
27 August 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 June 2007Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 April 1998Misuse of fire by a minor8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marshall County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Draffenville: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Briensburg ShaleClayProspect
West-Of-Highway ClayClayProspect

Every working recorded in Marshall County

Storms near this place

19 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Draffenville in 19 storm reports between 1995 and 2020: 12 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
June 2012Thunderstorm WindDraffenville2 hurt, $15,000At Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park, a tree fell on a vehicle with a person inside. Minor injuries were reported.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindDraffenville$125,000A microburst with wind speeds estimated near 85 mph caused a three-mile damage path near Draffenville. A 24-by-30 foot garage was blown off its foundation, and its walls were partially caved inward. Two other garages sustained partial roof or siding loss. Siding was blown off an adjacent house. A vehicle window was broken. At least six other homes lost some shingles. Pieces of dock were blown around at a boat dock business. Several trees were uprooted. There were numerous broken limbs from dozens of trees. The damage path was up to 400 yards wide. The damage path extended from west to east, passing just south of Draffenville. The vast majority of the damage was near the intersection of U.S. Highways 68 and 641, where the garage was blown off its foundation.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindDraffenville$20,000Trees were blown down across roads in rural areas.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindDraffenville$20,000Numerous large trees were down, mainly in the central part of the county near Briensburg. A concentration of downed trees was reported in areas along Highway 58, especially from U.S. Highway 641 to U.S. Highway 68 in the Briensburg area.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindDraffenville$18,000On U.S. Highway 68 southeast of Draffenville, a small building used as a car sales office was blown off its foundation. In Draffenville, wind gusts were estimated from 60 to 65 mph. Utility lines were down.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindDraffenville$5,000Numerous trees were down throughout the county, including the Gilbertsville area.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindDraffenville$3,000Trees were down.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindDraffenville$2,000A couple of trees were blown down along two separate highways.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindDraffenville$2,000Two trees were blown down in the vicinity of U.S. Highway 68.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindDraffenville$1,000An awning was torn off a trailer in Fairdealing. Gutters were torn off a house in Draffenville.
April 2011HailDraffenville-This golf-ball size hail came from the same storm that struck the Benton area. The hail swath proceeded northeast toward Gilbertsville.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindDraffenville-A spotter estimated a wind gust to 60 MPH. Along U.S. Highway 68, a large tree about 2.5 feet in diameter was snapped off four feet above the ground.
January 2000FloodDraffenville-An off-duty weather service employee reported U.S. Highway 641 was down to one lane due to water over the road.
June 2018HailDraffenville-no account filed
April 2012HailDraffenville-no account filed
April 2011HailDraffenville-no account filed
June 2006HailDraffenville-no account filed
June 1999HailDraffenville-no account filed
May 1995Thunderstorm WindDraffenville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marshall 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
Briensburg1.4 miles13
Scale1.5 miles13
Tatumsville1.9 miles13
Pugh (historical)2.9 miles13
Bethel3.3 miles13
Palma3.6 miles12
Locust Grove (historical)3.7 miles13
Griggstown (historical)3.8 miles12

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 DraffenvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5304754The 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 2632201. 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.