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Garfield, Kentucky

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Hardinsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40144. It stands on Lost Run. The Survey maps it on the Garfield quadrangle. It stands 804 feet above sea level.

Garfield within Breckinridge County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

23 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Garfield between 1999 and 2017, burning about 138 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Recreation and ceremony7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
15 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 June 2016Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySTERRETT RD. FIRE
9 April 2017Equipment and vehicle use10 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBLUE FORK ROAD
6 April 2013Recreation and ceremony12 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFRED PHILLIPS FIRE
19 April 2014Recreation and ceremony13 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHWY 60 FIRE
11 April 2010Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 March 2010Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 March 2009Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Breckinridge County

Storms near this place

8 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garfield in 8 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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
June 2019Thunderstorm WindGarfield$20,000A tree reportedly fell on power lines near West Highway 86. The power lines were on the ground and local power was out in the area.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindGarfield$15,000The public reported a roof blown off a barn.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindGarfield-Trees were downed by strong winds near the Garfield community.
April 2015HailGarfield-The county Emergency Manager reported 1 inch diameter hail fell in Garfield.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindGarfield-A spotter reported several trees down along State Highway 86 around 7 miles east of Hardinsburg.
April 2013HailGarfield-Ping pong to golf ball sized hail fell in Hensley.
February 2000Thunderstorm WindGarfield-Several power poles were down south of US Highway 60.
March 2011HailGarfield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Breckinridge 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
Hensley1.4 miles16
Stinnettsville2.6 miles16
Graysville3.3 miles16
Woodrow3.5 miles11
Harned3.7 miles17
Locust Hill3.8 miles11
Rosetta4.6 miles16
Codyville4.8 miles17

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 GarfieldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5523033The 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 492703. 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.