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Garrett, Kentucky

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Flaherty census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40117. It lies near Miles Hill. The Survey maps it on the Rock Haven quadrangle. It stands 686 feet above sea level.

Garrett within Meade County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

21 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Garrett between 2004 and 2019, burning about 106 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 ceremony10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 April 2014Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHOBBS LANE
2 April 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 April 2010Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 March 2010Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 March 2009Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
31 March 2010Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Meade County

Storms near this place

12 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garrett in 12 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 2015Thunderstorm WindGarrett$10,000A Meade County official reported that trees and power lines were down east and and southeast of Ekron.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindGarrett$3,000A Kentucky state official reported that power lines were down due to severe thunderstorm winds.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindGarrett-Wind gust was measured by the mesonet.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindGarrett-A barn collapsed near Garrett.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindGarrett-The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey of a severe thunderstorm that caused damage along US Highway 60 (Owensboro Highway). Damage was first observed along Hogwallow Lane where tractor trailers were blown over along the roadway. Snapped and uprooted tree damage was observed at several homes headed eastward along US Highway 60. The most extensive damage was observed along|Tiptop road, where a camper was blown over along with extensive tree damage. A garage outbuilding also had several panels blown off in the northeast direction. Tree damage was also observed along Robbins Drive and Finch Court, including complete |destruction of several car ports. All damage was in the northeasterly direction and appeared to become more widespread toward the end of the damage path, which is more indicative of straight line wind damage. Estimated max wind speeds along the |path from damage ranged between 80 mph and 100 mph.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindGarrett-There was a tree down over the road.
June 2009HailGarrett-Dime to nickel size hail was falling near Highway 60 and Highway 144.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindGarrett-Trees and power lines were downed.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindGarrett-Trees were downed.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindGarrett-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindGarrett-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindGarrett-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Meade 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
Hog Wallow1.4 miles16
Buck Grove1.7 miles14
Johnstown (historical)2.6 miles14
Hillgrove3.0 miles14
Lickskillet3.9 miles16
Doe Valley4.1 miles16
Ekron4.1 miles14
Rock Haven4.6 miles16

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 GarrettAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q38249594The 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 492718. 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.