Flippin, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Fountain Run census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42167. It stands on South Fork Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gamaliel quadrangle. It stands 735 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1931 USGS Red Boiling Springs quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Gamaliel quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Flippin between 1999 and 2014, burning about 90 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 March 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 14 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 February 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BOARDERS FIRE |
| 18 February 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | COMER FIRE |
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 Flippin: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Dolomite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fountain Run | Zinc, Dolomite | Prospect | 1970 |
Storms near this place
8 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Flippin in 8 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 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 2025 | Flash Flood | Flippin | - | Multiple county and state roads were closed across Monroe County due to flash flooding and high water. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flippin | - | A tree fell across Flippin-Lamb Road to the east of Flippin. |
| August 2010 | Flash Flood | Flippin | - | Numerous roads were flooded in Flippin. One water rescue was reported. An estimated 2 to 3 inches of rain fell in 2 hours. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flippin | - | Two trees were blown down at HWY 100 and Stringtown Flippin Rd. |
| October 2009 | Tornado (EF2) | Flippin | - | The tornado touched down near Flippin at the intersection of Fountain Run Rd and State Highway 678. The tornado did EF-1 damage from there to near Mud Lick before strengthening and causing EF-2 damage to homes, barns and trees. The highest concentration of damage was from Rockbridge Road and Bray School Road to North Willow Springs Road near. Near the end of the path, the tornado width was one half mile.||This is a very rural area of the county and homes and buildings were sparse. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flippin | - | Trees were downed. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Flippin | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flippin | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pikesville (historical) | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Jeffrey | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Gum Tree | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Lamb | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Emberton | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Fountain Run | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Freetown | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Mud Lick | 5.4 miles | 8 |
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 Flippin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690408 | 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 492255. 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.




