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Frisby, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Mill Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42633. It stands on Tabor Branch. The Survey maps it on the Parnell quadrangle.

Frisby within Wayne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

78 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Frisby between 1998 and 2018, burning about 1,851 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 13 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 burning35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Arson/incendiarism13
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
11 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 April 2013Debris and open burning20 acresKentucky Division of ForestryTOOTH ACHE RIDGE II
6 April 2013Debris and open burning112 acresKentucky Division of ForestryTOOTH ACHE RIDGE
3 April 2011Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHARMON CREEK TOWER
27 April 2009Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 April 2008Debris and open burning12 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 April 2014Debris and open burning4.5 acresKentucky Division of ForestryRUSSELL RIDGE
14 April 2014Debris and open burning80 acresKentucky Division of ForestryWRAY HOLLOW FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Frisby: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bald Rock MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wayne County

Storms near this place

6 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Frisby in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2021: 6 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2011Thunderstorm WindFrisby$10,000A barn was blown into KY 200 near Hwy 167 southwest of Monticello.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindFrisby-Trees were reported down along Highway 3284.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindFrisby-A very large tree was reported down and across Adair Street in Monticello.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindFrisby-A trained spotter observed trees downed on Pearl Smith Road on the west side of Monticello.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindFrisby-Dispatch reported trees blown down from west of Monticello on Twyfords Point Road into the city limits.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindFrisby-Dispatch reported a brief gust of severe winds resulting in downed power lines northwest of Monticello. These active lines landed on a tree, spawning a fire.

Every storm recorded in Wayne County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Short Mountain0.9 miles14
Swifton1.4 miles14
Parnell2.3 miles14
Slat2.6 miles14
Eadsville3.0 miles14
Number One3.4 miles14
Monticello3.5 miles14
Murl3.5 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508041. 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.