BlockFarraday, Kentucky
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Jenkins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41855. It stands on Wolfpen Branch. The Survey maps it on the Mayking quadrangle. It stands 1,270 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1890 USGS Whitesburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Whitesburg quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1913 USGS Oven Fork quadrangle1:48000
- 1915 USGS Whitesburg quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Mayking quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Pikeville quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Mayking quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
221 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 221 fires within 5 miles of Farraday between 1997 and 2020, burning about 6,171 acres in total. None started naturally. 26 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 burning | 109 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 55 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 9.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LOVES BRANCH |
| 9 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 22 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RHODES BRANCH |
| 19 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | 250 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BOTTOM FORK |
| 5 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | NEON HAYMOND |
| 4 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | COMET DRIVE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Farraday in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farraday | - | Kentucky State Police reported a tree blown down near the Millstone community in Letcher County. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farraday | - | Department of Highway officials reported a few trees blown down on Highway 1862 south of Thornton. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farraday | - | A tree was blown down on Hwy 803. |
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.
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 Farraday | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5436208 | 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 507978. 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.
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.