Flag Fork, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Bald Knob census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40601. It lies near Bald Knob. The Survey maps it on the Polsgrove quadrangle. It stands 673 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.
- 1906 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:48000
- 1908 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Polsgrove quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Flag Fork between 2001 and 2014, burning about 64 acres in total. 1 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 | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 July 2007 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 April 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | COW PIE |
| 27 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 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:
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Flag Fork in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2017: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2017 | Flash Flood | Flag Fork | - | Lebanon Ridge Road and Goose Creek Road both had 6 to 8 inches of flowing water. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Flag Fork | - | Local law enforcement reported Bald Knob Road and Lebanon Road closed due to high water. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flag Fork | - | A tree was blown down across Dry Ridge Rd. in Franklin county. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flag Fork | - | Several trees were down near the small town of Flag Fork. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harp (historical) | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Ottusville | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Polsgrove | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Harvieland | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Honeysuckle (historical) | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Shadrick Ferry (historical) | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Swallowfield | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Bryant | 5.7 miles | 16 |
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 Flag Fork | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5456622 | 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 508003. 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.






