Graham, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Greenville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42344. The Survey maps it on the Millport quadrangle. It stands 528 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1909 USGS Madisonville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Millport quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Millport quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Madisonville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
65 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Graham between 1999 and 2020, burning about 1,270 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GAS WELL |
| 4 September 1999 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 165 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | 503 COMPLEX |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Graham in 6 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graham | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Graham | - | Reports of half-dollar size hail 2 to 4.5 miles southwest of Bancroft were obtained by NSSL during the Severe Hail Verification Experiment (SHAVE). Nickel size hail fell in Graham. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F2) | Graham | - | The tornado crossed over from Hopkins County in a densely forested area, and lifted within a couple minutes after entering Muhlenberg County. Tree damage was the only known damage during the short time this tornado was in Muhlenberg County. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graham | - | Trees were down across Kentucky 175 near Bremen, Kentucky 601 near Graham, and Kentucky 70 West near Central City. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Graham | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Graham | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon (historical) | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| New Cypress | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| East Union (historical) | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Depoy | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| McNary | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Earles | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Vernal Grove (historical) | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Sandy | 3.9 miles | 14 |
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 Graham | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5592602 | 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 493076. 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.






