Dwarf, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Hazard census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41739. It stands on Engle Fork. The Survey maps it on the Hazard North quadrangle. It stands 938 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1891 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1914 USGS Troublesome quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Hazard North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Hazard North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Hazard North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
499 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 499 fires within 5 miles of Dwarf between 1997 and 2020, burning about 20,829 acres in total. None started naturally. 109 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 | 192 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 149 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 109 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 148 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dwarf in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2015: 3 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Dwarf | $75,000 | Approximately 25 homes were flooded along Highway 476 between Dwarf and Bulan. Rain started in the area around 530 am. A local rain gage measured 3 inches of rain between 530 and 630 am. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Dwarf | $1,000 | Water rescues were being performed along Jones Branch Road. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dwarf | - | A tree was blown down on KY 550 near the town of Dwarf. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dwarf | - | A tree and large limbs were blown down. |
| August 2001 | Flash Flood | Dwarf | - | Water covered Highway 80 near Pigeon Roost Road. Highway 550 was also under a foot of water. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dwarf | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Dwarf | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Pidgeonroost (historical) | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Tribbey | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Hardburly | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Whitsett (historical) | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Hiner | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Ary | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Bulan | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Grigsby | 3.4 miles | 16 |
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 Dwarf | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5317883 | 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 491378. 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.







