BlockDry Fork, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Tracy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42131. It stands on Payne Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tracy quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Tracy quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Tracy quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Dry Fork between 2005 and 2016, burning about 23 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 October 2016 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BUTTON RD. FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dry Fork in 8 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. The reports record 1 death. 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 | Dry Fork | 1 killed, $15,000 | Flash flooding caused flooding on portions of Dover Church Road. One fatality occurred when a person reportedly got out of her vehicle, was overcome by flood waters and was swept away. F27VE. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dry Fork | - | A tree was down blocking the roadway near the intersection of Roseville Road and Cooktown Road. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dry Fork | - | A tree fell on a house on South Roseville Road. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dry Fork | - | Trees were reported down at the intersection of Thomerson Park Road and Defeated Creek Road. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dry Fork | - | A law enforcement official reported to the NWS that several trees were down near Dry Fork. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dry Fork | - | A tree fell along Roseville Road at Dry Fork. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Dry Fork | - | Quarter sized hail was reported near Dry Fork Rd. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dry Fork | - | Several trees were blown down on Thomerson Park Rd. The time was estimated based on radar. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooktown | 1.6 miles | 9 | |
| Etoile | 1.9 miles | 9 | |
| Tracy | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Peter Creek | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Roseville | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Austin | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Temple Hill | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Lucas | 8.0 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.
| Wikipedia article on Dry Fork | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q65075956 | 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 507876. 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.