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Girkin, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Sand Hill-Girkin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42101. The Survey maps it on the Bristow quadrangle. It stands 597 feet above sea level.

Girkin within Warren County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

15 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Girkin between 1999 and 2018, burning about 224 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 ceremony7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
17 September 2008Railroad operations and maintenance75 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 September 1999Debris and open burning15 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
14 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLOVING RD. FIRE
3 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 April 2008Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 April 2018Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of ForestryTHE BRIDGE
22 March 2014Recreation and ceremony60 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLOUISVILLE ROAD FIRE
15 March 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Warren County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Girkin: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Bowling Green QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bowling Green QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Warren County

Storms near this place

3 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Girkin in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 1 flash flood, 1 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
April 2014Thunderstorm WindGirkin$3,000A report via twitter mentioned that a large tree was downed along Massey Road near Detour Road. Nearby, at nearly the same time, the roof was removed from an outbuilding near Day Road's intersection with Kentucky State Road 185.
August 2010Flash FloodGirkin-Kentucky 743, Boiling Springs Rd., was flooded near Little Beaverdam Creek.
May 2025HailGirkin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Warren 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
Penns Chapel (historical)2.7 miles15
Sand Hill3.0 miles15
Bristow3.4 miles15
Plum Springs3.6 miles15
Sunnyside3.8 miles15
Smithland (historical)4.5 miles15
Anna4.8 miles15
Loving4.8 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 GirkinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14690447The 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 508092. 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.