Garrison, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Garrison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41141. It lies near Buris Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Garrison quadrangle. 731 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 538 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresGarrison fell from 866 to 731 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 866 | |
| 2020 | 731 | -135 (-16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1915 USGS Garrison quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS Garrison quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Garrison quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1951 USGS Garrison quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
58 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Garrison between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,435 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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 | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 July 1999 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 May 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 214 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LOWER TWIN BRANCH |
| 5 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Garrison: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horner Mine | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garrison in 14 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 2 flash flood, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garrison | $5,000 | Several trees were downed. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garrison | $5,000 | Large limbs were blown down in town. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garrison | $4,000 | Several trees were downed in the Garrison area. |
| June 2018 | Flood | Garrison | $4,000 | Tile was washed out near a house by rushing water. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garrison | $4,000 | Several trees were blown down along route 8 between Garrison and Firebrick. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garrison | $3,000 | Multiple power poles were knocked down along State Route 8 near Garrison. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garrison | $1,000 | A tree was reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2011 | Heavy Rain | Garrison | $1,000 | One road was closed and multiple other roads had high water on them due to heavy rainfall. |
| May 2001 | Flash Flood | Garrison | $1,000 | High water on several roads in Garrison. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Garrison | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Flood | Garrison | - | High water was reported on Kinney Road and on State Route 8 in the Garrison area. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Garrison | - | Water was flowing across several roads in the Garrison area. |
| June 2018 | Flood | Garrison | - | Water was reported running over Kinney Road. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Garrison | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Bruce (historical) | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Quincy | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Rexton | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Buena Vista | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Tannery | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Saint Paul | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Vanceburg | 7.7 miles | 14 | |
| Rugless | 8.3 miles | 8 |
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 Garrison | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5403658 | 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 492728. 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.







