Garrett, Kentucky
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Wayland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41630. It stands on Esteps Branch. The Survey maps it on the Wayland quadrangle. It stands 876 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1890 USGS Whitesburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Whitesburg quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1912 USGS Hindman quadrangle1:48000
- 1915 USGS Hindman quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Wayland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Pikeville quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Wayland quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
303 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 303 fires within 5 miles of Garrett between 1997 and 2020, burning about 11,780 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 146 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 58 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 56 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 42 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WEBB ST |
| 13 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CLARKS BR |
| 10 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garrett in 15 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 3 hail, 2 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garrett | $20,000 | Several trees were blown down, with a few of the trees falling onto cars. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garrett | $15,000 | Multiple trees were blown down. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Garrett | $10,000 | A number of homes in the Rock Fork community were damaged by flood water. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Garrett | $5,000 | Water rushing out of the creeks along Hwy 80 caused several houses and trailers in the area to become surrounded by water. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garrett | $5,000 | Trees were blown down onto Route 777 by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garrett | $3,000 | Several wrist size branches torn off trees. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garrett | $1,000 | A tree was downed across Stonecoal Road (KY-777). Power outages were reported in the area. The exact location of the downed trees and powerlines along the road was not reported. |
| March 2015 | Flood | Garrett | $1,000 | Kentucky 777 at mile marker 0.3 was impassable due to flooding. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Garrett | - | A picture showed at least quarter sized hail in the Garret community of Floyd County. |
| May 2025 | Flash Flood | West Garrett | - | The Floyd County Sherriff reported flash flooding over Salt Lick Road (KY-2029) around the 700 block, causing the road to be impassable. |
| March 2021 | Flood | Garrett | - | Evacuations and high-water rescues are ongoing in the community of Garrett. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garrett | - | Trees were blown down on Hwy 777. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | West Garrett | - | Streams were flowing over roads and bridges. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Garrett | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Garrett | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Garrett | 0.4 miles | 17 | |
| Welco Station | 0.5 miles | 17 | |
| Porter Junction | 0.5 miles | 17 | |
| Lackey | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| Hueysville (historical) | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Bosco | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Estill | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Northern | 2.1 miles | 17 |
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 Garrett | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5523858 | The 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 492717. 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.








