Grider, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Burkesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42717. It stands on Allen Creek. The Survey maps it on the Waterview quadrangle. It stands 617 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Waterview quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
39 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Grider between 1998 and 2020, burning about 786 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 August 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 March 2001 | Smoking | 3.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 156 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 28 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GOOSE CREE |
| 5 March 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 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 Grider: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Oil Shale. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcrop Sample For Uranium | Uranium, Oil Shale | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
5 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grider in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grider | - | A 59 mph wind gust was measured at the Cumberland County Kentucky mesonet station. |
| October 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Grider | - | The tornado touched down briefly on a ridge top just south of the end of Dug Road, snapping and uprooting approximately 200 trees in a 100 yard path about 2 tenths of a mile in length. This same storm produced 2 inch hail to the north of this touchdown and later dropped a tornado in Clinton County. No other damage was observed between this location and the Clinton County touchdown 10.75 miles east. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grider | - | The Kentucky mesonet site in Cumberland county measured a peak wind gust of 59 mph. |
| July 2009 | Heavy Rain | Grider | - | The Kentucky Mesonet station three miles west of Burkesville measured 1.04 inches of rain in 30 minutes. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grider | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterview | 1.9 miles | 8 | |
| Leslie | 2.2 miles | 8 | |
| Lewis Creek (historical) | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Burkesville | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Ellington | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Dougan Town | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Little Renox (historical) | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Sugar Grove (historical) | 3.9 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 Grider | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5608623 | 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 493373. 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.



