Farmers, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Morehead census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40351. It stands on Murphy Branch. The Survey maps it on the Farmers quadrangle. 243 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 673 feet above sea level.
On record in Farmers
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Farmers Voting House No. 2listed 1998 · 0.2 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresFarmers fell from 284 to 243 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 284 | |
| 2020 | 243 | -41 (-14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1929 USGS Salt Lick quadrangle1:62500
- 1934 USGS Salt Lick quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Farmers quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Farmers quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
49 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Farmers between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,478 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BRATTON BRANCH |
| 13 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 August 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 June 2008 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | GEORGE 2 |
| 22 May 1997 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | NO WAY |
| 9 April 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | GRAVEYARD BRANCH |
| 7 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | TWIN KNOBS |
| 5 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | EXIT 133 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Farmers: 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fern Creek Stone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Eastside Roadcut Clay Bed | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Ellitoville Gully | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
13 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Farmers in 13 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 1 lightning, 1 hail. The reports record 1 death and 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2000 | Lightning | Farmers | 1 killed, 1 hurt | A family of three including the mother, father, and infant daughter lived in a mobile home and had gone to their relatives' home to seek shelter in the basement. The family was struck by lightning outside between the car and home when the father died. The 2 month old infant received a minor head contusion and scratches after her father was struck and killed by lightning with the infant in his arms. The mother was not injured. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farmers | $500,000 | Several barns leveled. The True Value and Dollar General stores received extensive damage. |
| May 2020 | Flash Flood | Farmers | $11,000 | Local media and dispatch relayed reports of flowing water on several roads in Farmers, with some of this nearing homes. Farther northeast near Bluestone, Hungry Hollow Road was reported to have been closed due to flowing flood waters. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farmers | $4,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farmers | $1,000 | Two vehicles were trapped by fallen trees and a power line was blown down on Lower Licking Road. No injuries were reported. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farmers | - | A tree was blown down in the 1100 block of Moore's Flat Road just northwest of Lakeview Heights. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farmers | - | Dispatch relayed reports of trees down from Farmers to Morehead. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farmers | - | Trees were blown down on Green Bend Road. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Farmers | - | Golf ball size hail reported by sheriff deputy and Morehead State Police nar the community of Farmers. |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Farmers | - | Several roads were closed in the western part of the county due to high water. |
| May 2002 | Flash Flood | Farmers | - | Buck Fork Road was impassable due to flooding from heavy rains. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farmers | - | Power lines down seven miles West of Morehead along U.S. 60 reported by Morehead police and relayed by TV36. |
| May 1996 | Flash Flood | Farmers | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluestone | 1.9 miles | 11 | |
| Lakeview Heights | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Ramey | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Slatey (historical) | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Cogswell | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Brady | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Sharkey | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Clearfield | 6.4 miles | 11 |
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 Farmers | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5856093 | 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 512136. 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.






