Fenton, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Land Between the Lakes census division. It stands on Barnett Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fenton quadrangle. It stands 394 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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 Fenton quadrangle1:24000
- 1936 USGS Golden Pond quadrangle1:48000
- 1950 USGS Fenton quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Golden Pond quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1967 USGS Fenton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Murray quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
28 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Fenton between 1997 and 2020, burning about 518 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area | FENTON 26 |
| 30 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area | SPRITE |
| 28 May 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area | FENTON |
| 24 May 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area | FENTON |
| 12 May 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fenton: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Payne Chert | Silica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
4 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fenton in 4 storm reports between 2004 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Fenton | $80,000 | The tornado occurred in heavily wooded terrain on federally protected land. The tornado touched down in the Redd Hollow area (west of the Trace Highway) in the Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area. Damage continued east to just south of the Wranglers Campground. The tornado could have crossed into Lake Barkley and Donaldson Creek, but no evidence was found further east. The heaviest area of damage was south of Wranglers Campground, where many dozens of trees were snapped and uprooted. Just south of the track, a microburst occurred where many trees were snapped and uprooted. Peak winds in this tornado were estimated near 105 mph. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fenton | - | A trained spotter estimated a wind gust to 65 mph on The Trace near U.S. Highway 68. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fenton | - | A wind gust to 61 mph was measured in the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fenton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Pond | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Ferguson Spring | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Barkley Shores | 7.5 miles | 7 | |
| Canton | 7.7 miles | 7 | |
| Cumberland Shores | 8.4 miles | 7 | |
| Blue Spring Estates | 8.8 miles | 7 | |
| Shawnee Hills | 9.0 miles | 7 | |
| Blue Spring | 9.5 miles | 7 |
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 Fenton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17492501 | 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 507987. 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.






