Farmington, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Farmington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42040. The Survey maps it on the Farmington quadrangle. 234 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 554 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresFarmington fell from 245 to 234 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 | 245 | |
| 2020 | 234 | -11 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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 Farmington quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Mayfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Murray quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
16 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Farmington between 1999 and 2010, burning about 101 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 | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GOLO ROADSIDE |
| 4 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 70 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 March 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
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 Farmington: 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Ball 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayfield Kentucky Ball Clay | Ball Clay | Producer | Kaolinite, Quartz | |
| Backusburg Clay | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Kirk Ridge Clay Exposure | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
10 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Farmington in 10 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2018 | Flood | Farmington | $250,000 | Roads were covered by water in and around the Farmington community. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farmington | $20,000 | A small wooden barn was destroyed near the Calloway County line, and numerous large branches were broken. This damage was associated with the storm that produced the EF-2 tornado near Cuba. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farmington | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farmington | $5,000 | Wind speed measured on KY-80 near the Graves/Calloway County line. Power flashes were visible. |
| June 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Farmington | $4,000 | Several trees and tree limbs were blown down. Swaths of corn and wheat were blown down in farm fields. The tornado began along Kentucky Highway 80 near Farmington, then moved northeast across Highway 564. Peak winds were estimated by a damage survey team near 75 mph. The average path width was about 75 yards. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farmington | $1,000 | Large tree branches were broken. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Farmington | - | A photograph of a hailstone indicated it was still the size of a golf ball after two hours of melting. |
| July 1997 | Flood | Farmington | - | Thunderstorms produced very heavy rain. Radar estimated up to 3 inches of rain. Water was over roads. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Farmington | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Farmington | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Browns Grove | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Cooksville | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Sedalia | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Vealsburg | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Golo | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Tri City | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| South Highland | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Payne | 6.6 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 Farmington | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5435866 | 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 491996. 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.





