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Fannin, Kentucky

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Isonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41149. It stands on Brier Fork. The Survey maps it on the Isonville quadrangle. It stands 718 feet above sea level.

Fannin within Elliott County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

75 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Fannin between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,446 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 burning39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Arson/incendiarism11
Recreation and ceremony7
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
29 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 April 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 April 2013Debris and open burning15 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHOWARDS CREEK
6 April 2013Recreation and ceremony187 acresKentucky Division of ForestryELDRIDGE ROAD
6 April 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 April 2001Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elliott County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fannin: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Highway 32 RoadcutClayProspect

Every working recorded in Elliott County

Storms near this place

5 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fannin in 5 storm reports between 2004 and 2022: 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2011Flash FloodFannin$50,000Numerous locations along Hwy 706 were under water with foot bridges washed out and other extensive damage 3 miles east of Sandy Hook.
April 2015FloodFannin$1,000A creek washed out Middle Fork Road.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindFannin-Elliott County dispatch reported that trees had been blown down along KY-32 S.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindFannin-Trees were blown down.
June 2004Flash FloodFannin-Numerous roads were under water.

Every storm recorded in Elliott 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
Isonville2.0 miles9
Newcombe2.2 miles9
Sandy Hook2.3 miles10
Roscoe2.4 miles9
Bell City2.4 miles10
Eldridge2.8 miles9
Burke3.8 miles9
Faye3.8 miles10

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 FanninAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5433970The 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 507977. 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.