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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.

Farmers within Rowan County

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.

Population over time

2 figures

Farmers 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.

YearPeople Change
2010284
2020243-41 (-14%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

49 since 1993

Regional 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 ceremony14
Debris and open burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
22 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBRATTON BRANCH
13 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 August 1999Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 June 2008Power generation/transmission/distribution10 acresDaniel Boone National ForestGEORGE 2
22 May 1997Natural2.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestNO WAY
9 April 1999Recreation and ceremony15 acresDaniel Boone National ForestGRAVEYARD BRANCH
7 April 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestTWIN KNOBS
5 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryEXIT 133

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rowan County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fern Creek StoneStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Eastside Roadcut Clay BedClayProspect
Ellitoville GullyClayProspect

Every working recorded in Rowan County

Storms near this place

13 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2000LightningFarmers1 killed, 1 hurtA 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 1995Thunderstorm WindFarmers$500,000Several barns leveled. The True Value and Dollar General stores received extensive damage.
May 2020Flash FloodFarmers$11,000Local 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 2011Thunderstorm WindFarmers$4,000Trees were blown down.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindFarmers$1,000Two vehicles were trapped by fallen trees and a power line was blown down on Lower Licking Road. No injuries were reported.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindFarmers-A tree was blown down in the 1100 block of Moore's Flat Road just northwest of Lakeview Heights.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindFarmers-Dispatch relayed reports of trees down from Farmers to Morehead.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindFarmers-Trees were blown down on Green Bend Road.
June 2007HailFarmers-Golf ball size hail reported by sheriff deputy and Morehead State Police nar the community of Farmers.
June 2003Flash FloodFarmers-Several roads were closed in the western part of the county due to high water.
May 2002Flash FloodFarmers-Buck Fork Road was impassable due to flooding from heavy rains.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindFarmers-Power lines down seven miles West of Morehead along U.S. 60 reported by Morehead police and relayed by TV36.
May 1996Flash FloodFarmers-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Rowan 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
Bluestone1.9 miles11
Lakeview Heights2.3 miles11
Ramey2.9 miles11
Slatey (historical)2.9 miles11
Cogswell3.8 miles11
Brady6.0 miles11
Sharkey6.1 miles11
Clearfield6.4 miles11

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 FarmersAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5856093The 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.