BlockDubre, Kentucky
8 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 Pitman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dubre quadrangle. It stands 640 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Dubre quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
56 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Dubre between 1998 and 2020, burning about 3,129 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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 | 31 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | 73 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SLATE CREEK FIRE |
| 6 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 27 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HICKORY RIDGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dubre in 4 storm reports between 2018 and 2024: 2 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Hail | Dubre | - | Quarter sized hail was observed. |
| July 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Dubre | - | A National Weather Service storm survey team determined that a brief EF0 tornado|touched down on the afternoon of July 9. The tornado touched down|about a half mile north-northwest of the Highway 90 and Ferris Fork Road|intersection where two large trees were downed, facing back|to the southeast. Just downstream of that, a residence was hit and this|is where the tornado quickly reached its widest point and|strongest winds. Here, several hardwood and softwood trees had|large limbs broken or were uprooted. Ground and aerial survey|with a drone both confirmed that trees were laying in multiple|directions, including in opposite directions of storm motion.|There was very little structural damage, an indication that the|tornado was struggling to keep in contact with the ground, and|likely a contributing factor to the relative weakness of the|tornado. Peak winds here were 80 to 85 MPH. ||The tornadic circulation continued in a generally northerly direction for |the next three quarters of a mile, hugging the west side of Cedar |Ridge, and just to the east of Ferris Fork Road. At this point, the tornado crossed into extreme southeastern Metcalfe County, where it remained on the ground for about one-half mile before lifting. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Dubre | - | The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey and found a tornado occurred on Sunday, May 26th, 2024. Despite the fact that the tornado was only on the ground for a little over one mile and one minute, it tracked very briefly through Monroe, Metcalfe, and Cumberland County.||After passing along the Metcalfe and Cumberland County line for several yards, the tornado moved into Cumberland County completely as it traveled down the Leatherwood Creek valley along Fowler Brown Road. Widespread|damage at 100 yards wide with many uprooted trees and some|snapped trees were in this area consistent with 110 mph wind|speeds. The tornado continued along Fowler Brown Road for another two thirds of a mile and|dissipated at a farm just southwest of Wilson Road where drone|footage showed the width narrowed considerably to 10 yards or|less with a few uprooted trees. |
| November 2018 | Flash Flood | Dubre | - | A bridge was flooded in Dubre in Cumberland County, Kentucky. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marrowbone | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Casey Fork | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Waterview | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Cloyds Landing | 6.9 miles | 8 | |
| Leslie | 7.0 miles | 8 | |
| Grider | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Arat | 7.5 miles | 8 | |
| Sugar Grove (historical) | 7.7 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 Dubre | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5311130 | 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 507879. 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.