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Globe, Kentucky

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Upper Tygart census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41164. It stands on Dry Branch. The Survey maps it on the Olive Hill quadrangle.

Globe within Carter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

200 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 200 fires within 5 miles of Globe between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,778 acres in total. None started naturally. 37 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 burning69
Missing data/not specified/undetermined56
Arson/incendiarism37
Recreation and ceremony29
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
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 September 2010Debris and open burning7.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryB AND B LANE
18 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCHERYL ROGERS HOLLOW
10 September 2002Debris and open burning40 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHIGHWAY 59
26 June 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryDAVIS LANE
5 May 2015Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryDEHART ROAD
4 May 2014Debris and open burning6.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBRUCE HOLLOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carter County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Globe: 10 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Silica. 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
Chespeake Sandstone PitSilicaPast Producer
Lawton Sandstone PitSilicaProspect
Railroad Sandstone PitSilicaPast Producer
Dry Branch Strip MineClayPast Producer
Durham Fork ShaleClayProspect
Ford Burchett Clay MineClayPast Producer
Ford Burchett Clay MineClayPast Producer
Ford Burchett MineClayProducer
Soldier Fork-Macabee Creek Mine 1ClayPast Producer
Soldier Fork-Macabee Creek Mine 2ClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Carter County

Storms near this place

8 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Globe in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 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
May 1996Thunderstorm WindGlobe$5,000no account filed
July 2012Thunderstorm WindGlobe$2,000Several trees were blown down onto Route 60.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindGlobe$2,000Several trees were blown down along Route 1626.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindGlobe$1,500A few trees and power lines were blown down next to Olive Hill on State Route 174.
April 2024FloodGlobe$250The Olive Hill gauge on Tygarts Creek rose above its bankfull level shortly after midnight on April 3rd. The creek crested to around 11.4 feet a couple of hours later and returned to its banks before sunrise. As a result of the creek rising out of its banks, sections of Biggs Bridge Road adjacent to the creek flooded.
May 2025FloodGlobe-Tygarts Creek above Olive Hill rose above a bankfull level of 10 feet on the afternoon of May 30th. After rising to a crest of around 11.9 feet, the creek receded back into its banks later the same afternoon. Low sections of Biggs Bridge Road, Bond Hollow Road, and agricultural fields adjacent to the creek flooded in the midst of the creek rising out of its banks.
April 2025FloodGlobe-Tygarts Creek above Olive Hill exceeded a bankfull level of 10 feet on the morning of April 4th. The creek rose to a crest around 10.6 feet and then receded back into its banks later that morning. While the creek was out of its banks, Bond Hollow Road and fields adjacent to the creek flooded.
June 2010HailGlobe-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Carter 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
Silica (historical)1.8 miles9
Upper Tygart1.9 miles8
Lawton1.9 miles9
Enterprise2.0 miles8
Garvin Ridge2.1 miles9
Limestone2.5 miles9
Reeder (historical)2.7 miles9
Clark Hill2.9 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 512331. 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.