Faber, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Corbin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40701. It lies near McNeil Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Wofford quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1890 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1894 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Wofford quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Wofford quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
76 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Faber between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,385 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 | 47 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 112 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SAWDUST PI |
| 12 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MILE MARKER 18 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Faber: 1 producer, 1 plant. All of them still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 1 Mill | Clay | Plant | ||
| No. 1 Mine | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Faber in 11 storm reports between 2006 and 2021: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faber | 1 hurt | A large tree fell on a man while he was mowing his lawn 4 miles southwest of Corbin. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faber | $40,000 | A tree was blown down onto a house along Corinth Cemetery Road. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faber | $40,000 | A tree was blown down onto a house along Corinth Cemetery Road. |
| August 2012 | Flash Flood | Faber | $1,000 | Eatontown Rd was flooded and impassable. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faber | - | An amateur radio operator observed a large tree blown down on Oak Grove School Road just southwest of Corbin. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faber | - | Dispatch relayed reports of trees blown down from north of Rockholds on Kentucky Highway 26 to west of Clio. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faber | - | Dispatch relayed a report of a tree blown down northwest of Faber on Corinth Road. |
| April 2017 | Flash Flood | Faber | - | A trained spotter observed water flowing over Eaton Town School Road near Woodbine, south of Corbin. |
| July 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Faber | - | A funnel cloud was observed passing over Faber. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faber | - | A tree was blown down onto Bee Creek Road. |
| January 2006 | Flash Flood | Faber | - | Highway 26 at the underpass impassable due to high water. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walden | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Woodbine | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Rockholds | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Scuffletown | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Chestnut Grove (historical) | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Clio | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Corbin | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Watts Creek Jellico Coal Company (historical) | 5.5 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 512106. 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.






