Fogertown, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Burning Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40962. It stands on Shib Branch. The Survey maps it on the Portersburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1891 USGS Manchester quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1952 USGS Portersburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
- 1979 USGS Portersburg quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
215 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 215 fires within 5 miles of Fogertown between 1997 and 2020, burning about 6,725 acres in total. None started naturally. 54 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 | 92 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 52 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | KINCAID |
| 25 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HUCKLEBERRY FORK |
| 17 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 75 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 July 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 May 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HOGSKIN FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fogertown in 5 storm reports between 2003 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fogertown | $35,000 | A barn and many trees were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fogertown | - | Clay county dispatch reported a tree blown down onto KY-472, about 2.5 miles from US-421, near the community of Burning Springs. |
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Fogertown | - | The Clay County dispatch reported a brief road closure, between 5 and 6pm, on KY-472 along Bray Creek due to water flowing over the road. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fogertown | - | Several trees down. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Fogertown | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benge | 1.3 miles | 13 | |
| Larue | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Murry (historical) | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Grace | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Portersburg | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Sidell | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Pleasant Valley (historical) | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Burning Springs | 4.7 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122553511 | 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 512212. 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.





