Gardner, Kentucky
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Ashers Fork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40962. It stands on Lick Fork. The Survey maps it on the Beverly quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1886 USGS Cumberland Gap quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Cumberland Gap quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Cumberland Gap quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1903 USGS Pineville quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Beverly quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Middlesboro quadrangle1:100000
- 1979 USGS Beverly quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
152 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Gardner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,089 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 56 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 56 |
| Debris and open burning | 55 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 500 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | POTATO KNOB |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 July 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RED BIRD M |
| 24 June 2014 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | COW CK |
| 9 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 131 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gardner in 1 storm report in 2008: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardner | $1,000 | One tree was blown down on KY Highway 66. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queendale | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Ashers Fork | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Spring Creek | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Brightshade | 7.4 miles | 13 | |
| Creekville | 7.6 miles | 13 | |
| Plank | 9.4 miles | 13 | |
| Marcum | 9.9 miles | 13 | |
| Ogle | 10.1 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 512277. 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.










