Fairdealing, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Fairdealing census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42025. The Survey maps it on the Fairdealing quadrangle. It stands 459 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1936 USGS Golden Pond quadrangle1:48000
- 1936 USGS Hiatt quadrangle1:24000
- 1940 USGS Hiatt quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Fairdealing quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Golden Pond quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Murray quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Fairdealing between 1999 and 2012, burning about 207 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 | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PINE LOGS |
| 28 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 July 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | OLIVER |
| 3 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | OLIVE HAMLETT RD. |
| 17 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 February 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fairdealing: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West-Of-Highway Clay | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
14 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fairdealing in 14 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairdealing | $200,000 | A marina and campground along Kentucky Lake sustained moderate to major damage from a microburst. One houseboat sank, and several other boats were damaged. The bow of a sailboat was wedged under a dock, and a pontoon boat broke away from its slip. Three piers were heavily damaged. Roofing material was blown off a restaurant, mainly on one side of the building. The canopy of an outdoor seating area was blown down. One of the marina's gas pumps was left partially underwater. Waves estimated about five feet high caused some of the damage. The damage area was about one mile long and one-quarter mile wide. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairdealing | $40,000 | A microburst with 85 mph winds struck a subdivision on Kentucky Lake. The damage area was about 0.4 mile long. A privately owned boat dock and pontoon boat were blown upside down. A couple of dozen large trees were uprooted. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairdealing | $35,000 | Numerous trees were down. Several large trees were snapped off or uprooted. Most of the tree damage was in a subdivision on Kentucky Lake, where one tree fell on a house and caused significant roof damage. A shed was destroyed by a fallen tree. |
| June 2007 | Lightning | Fairdealing | $6,000 | Lightning struck a house, starting a fire. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairdealing | $5,000 | Trees were down near Fairdealing. Numerous small limbs, an inch or less in size, were down along Highway 402 between Aurora and Hardin. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairdealing | $2,000 | no account filed |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairdealing | $1,000 | A metal carport was blown into some trees. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairdealing | - | A wind gust to 63 mph was measured at a personal weather station. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Fairdealing | - | The large hail was associated with the same storm that tracked near and just south of Benton. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Fairdealing | - | Nickel size hail was reported in Fairdealing. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Fairdealing | - | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Hail | Fairdealing | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Fairdealing | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Fairdealing | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olive | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Hamlet (historical) | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Brien | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Birmingham | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Glade | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Walnut Grove | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Dogtown | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Monkey Den (historical) | 4.9 miles | 13 |
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 Fairdealing | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5430102 | 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 507968. 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.






