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Hamlin, Kentucky

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the New Concord census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42076. It stands on Boyds Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hamlin quadrangle. It stands 417 feet above sea level.

Hamlin within Calloway County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

24 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Hamlin between 1998 and 2020, burning about 1,145 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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
5 September 1999Smoking2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 May 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLand Between the Lakes National Recreation AreaGINGER
20 April 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
16 April 2006Natural1,024 acresLand Between the Lakes National Recreation AreaCLAY CREEK
10 April 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 March 1998Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 March 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calloway County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hamlin: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Brantley Ore BanksIronPast Producer
Byrds Creek ProspectIronPast Producer
Byrds Creek ProspectIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Calloway County

Storms near this place

14 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hamlin in 14 storm reports between 2002 and 2022: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 2 heavy rain. 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 2010FloodHamlin$20,000High water levels on Kentucky Lake caused flooding of lakeshore docking facilities, boat ramps, and lake access roads. Marinas were closed, and some docks were damaged. Water backed up into bays and tributary creeks, causing flooding inland from the lake. The Coast Guard closed much of the lake to recreational boating.
March 2018FloodHamlin$10,000Flooding along the lakeshore of Kentucky Lake inundated boat ramps, parking lots, and a few access roads. Some campsites were flooded at private campgrounds. The lake level rose to nearly 365 feet due to restricted water releases at Kentucky Dam. The water was held back to mitigate flooding on the Ohio River. The Kentucky Lake winter pool stage is 355 feet, and the normal summer pool stage is 359 feet.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindHamlin$9,000Several trees were downed in the New Concord area, some of which caused power line damage.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindHamlin$7,000Several trees were uprooted, and an amateur radio tower was blown down. Numerous tree limbs were down between New Concord and Hamlin. A spotter's wind equipment measured a gust to 90 MPH.
November 2002Thunderstorm WindHamlin$5,000On Highway 444 near Hamlin, a few trees were pushed over onto power lines. In a forested area on the north side of Hamlin, about a dozen trees were blown down.
March 2019FloodHamlin-The level of man-made Kentucky Lake was raised to 367 feet, about 8 feet above the normal summer pool stage. Low-lying parks, campgrounds, and marina parking lots near the lake were flooded. Some lake access roads were underwater. The lake level was still several feet below the record set during the spring of 2011 flood.
April 2011Heavy RainHamlin-Two inches of rain fell in an hour. There was localized street flooding.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindHamlin-Several trees were blown down.
March 2005Heavy RainHamlin-Strong to severe thunderstorms resulted in minor flooding of secondary roads in southeast parts of the county. Creeks rose out of their banks in the New Concord area, and a spot on Highway 121 was covered by about an inch of water.
March 2012HailHamlin-no account filed
April 2006HailHamlin-no account filed
June 2006HailHamlin-no account filed
June 2006HailHamlin-no account filed
July 2004HailHamlin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Calloway 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
Center Ridge (historical)3.8 miles13
Boatwright4.0 miles13
Irvin Cobb Resort4.4 miles13
Poplar Spring (historical)4.7 miles13
McCruiston (historical)5.1 miles13
Russell Chapel (historical)5.4 miles13
New Concord5.4 miles13
Mount Carmel (historical)5.6 miles11

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 HamlinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14690526The 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 508168. 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.