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Garner, Kentucky

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Cannonsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41168. It stands on Jack Fork. The Survey maps it on the Boltsfork quadrangle. It stands 640 feet above sea level.

Garner within Boyd County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

81 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Garner between 1997 and 2020, burning about 993 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 burning23
Recreation and ceremony21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Arson/incendiarism13
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Smoking1

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
23 August 2008Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 April 2016Debris and open burning25 acresKentucky Division of ForestryNORTON BRANCH #2
6 April 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 April 2016Debris and open burning52 acresKentucky Division of ForestryNORTON BRANCH
5 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 April 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryGUN CLUB
4 April 2010Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 April 2001Arson/incendiarism15 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boyd 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 Garner: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Bolt's Fork DepositIronProspect

Every working recorded in Boyd County

Storms near this place

9 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garner in 9 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 6 flood, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
April 2024Tornado (EF2)Garner$200,000An EF2 tornado with estimated maximum winds of up to 120 miles per hour took a northeasterly track down Long Branch Road. The tornado caused considerable and significant tree damage with several large hardwood trees snapped and uprooted. A home was severely damaged when the roof was blown off, and other homes also suffered at least minor damage. Several barns and outbuildings were destroyed. The tornado then crossed the ridge between Long Branch Road and Jacks Fork Road and turned east, skipping along the ridgetops causing additional tree damage before lifting.
June 2001Flash FloodGarner$25,000The flash flooding in eastern Carter County also affected extreme western portions of Boyd County. Route 854 was flooded. A few private bridges were damaged.
June 2017FloodGarner$10,000Following flash flooding very early in the morning, high water lingered as water worked its way through the stream system into the afternoon. Multiple roads were closed, including Old US Route 60 along the Carter County line. Also the I-64 entrance and exit ramps were closed at Exit 181. Portions of State Routes 5 and 854 were also closed.
February 2020FloodGarner$3,000Portions of State Route 3 near the town of Rush were covered in water due to the East Fork of the Little Sandy River rising out of its banks.
March 2022FloodGarner$500High water flowed over Four Mile Road.
March 2022FloodGarner$500High water was observed over Walker Lane.
September 2018FloodGarner$500Flooding along Long Branch Creek closed the intersection of SR 854 and Long Branch Road.
February 2025FloodGarner-Water covered Long Branch in Rush for a period of time.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindGarner-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Boyd 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
Cloverdale (historical)0.1 miles21
Trace (historical)2.3 miles21
Boltsfork2.9 miles21
Sandy Furnace3.4 miles14
Rush3.7 miles15
Big Sandy (historical)3.8 miles21
Mavity3.9 miles21
Coalton5.5 miles15

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 GarnerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5523609The 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 508069. 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.