Forkland, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Perryville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40328. It stands on Curtis Branch. The Survey maps it on the Parksville quadrangle.
On record in Forkland
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Forkland School and Gymnasiumlisted 1998 · 0.3 miles away- Purdom-Lewis-Hutchison Houselisted 1997 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1905 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Parksville quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
15 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Forkland between 1998 and 2019, burning about 238 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 52 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MINORS BRANCH |
| 12 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 March 1998 | Debris and open burning | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 March 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 March 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ELK CAVE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Forkland in 2 storm reports between 2001 and 2003: 1 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Forkland | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Forkland | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brumfield | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Mitchellsburg | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Aliceton | 3.7 miles | 6 | |
| Craintown | 5.3 miles | 6 | |
| Parksville | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Wilsonville | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Perryville | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Alum Springs | 8.0 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508024. 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.





