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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.

Faber within Whitley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

76 since 1997

Regional 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 burning47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony9
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
8 September 2007Debris and open burning50 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 September 2007Recreation and ceremony20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 September 2007Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 September 1999Recreation and ceremony112 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySAWDUST PI
12 June 2007Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
14 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMILE MARKER 18

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Whitley 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
No. 1 MillClayPlant
No. 1 MineClayProducer

Every working recorded in Whitley County

Storms near this place

11 since 2006

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2011Thunderstorm WindFaber1 hurtA large tree fell on a man while he was mowing his lawn 4 miles southwest of Corbin.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindFaber$40,000A tree was blown down onto a house along Corinth Cemetery Road.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindFaber$40,000A tree was blown down onto a house along Corinth Cemetery Road.
August 2012Flash FloodFaber$1,000Eatontown Rd was flooded and impassable.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindFaber-An amateur radio operator observed a large tree blown down on Oak Grove School Road just southwest of Corbin.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindFaber-Dispatch relayed reports of trees blown down from north of Rockholds on Kentucky Highway 26 to west of Clio.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindFaber-Dispatch relayed a report of a tree blown down northwest of Faber on Corinth Road.
April 2017Flash FloodFaber-A trained spotter observed water flowing over Eaton Town School Road near Woodbine, south of Corbin.
July 2015Funnel CloudFaber-A funnel cloud was observed passing over Faber.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindFaber-A tree was blown down onto Bee Creek Road.
January 2006Flash FloodFaber-Highway 26 at the underpass impassable due to high water.

Every storm recorded in Whitley 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
Walden2.8 miles16
Woodbine3.1 miles17
Rockholds3.2 miles16
Scuffletown4.2 miles16
Chestnut Grove (historical)4.5 miles16
Clio5.3 miles16
Corbin5.5 miles17
Watts Creek Jellico Coal Company (historical)5.5 miles16

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.