Hatfield, Kentucky
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Sidney census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41514. It stands on Low Gap Fork. The Survey maps it on the Williamson quadrangle. It stands 709 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 23 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.
- 1887 USGS Warfield quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Warfield quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1915 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:48000
- 1915 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
169 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Hatfield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,217 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 39 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 | 79 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 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 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 327 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 1714 CANEY |
| 21 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 September 2001 | Natural | 22 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | COLEMAN BR. |
| 6 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | 140 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FROG POND |
| 2 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 May 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | BUFFALO CREEK AT COIN FORK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hatfield in 6 storm reports between 2005 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Hatfield | $10,000 | A mobile home 9 feet above Lick Fork had water inside. Lick Fork Road was flooded with cars floating down highway. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatfield | - | Trees and limbs were blown down onto KY-468 in the Hatfield community. |
| March 2021 | Flood | Hatfield | - | KY Highway 468 in and around the Hatfield community is covered by water. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatfield | - | Dispatch reported a tree was blown down onto a power line near Hatfield Station. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatfield | - | Law Enforcement observed a tree blown down near Hatfield. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Hatfield | - | A citizen observed quarter size hail near Hatfield Station. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rural | 1.5 miles | 23 | |
| Mouth of Long Fork (historical) | 2.5 miles | 23 | |
| Slatter Branch (historical) | 3.9 miles | 23 | |
| Turkey Creek | 4.9 miles | 23 | |
| Elkins Fork (historical) | 4.9 miles | 20 | |
| Upper Turkey (historical) | 5.3 miles | 20 | |
| South Williamson | 5.8 miles | 23 | |
| New Camp | 6.2 miles | 23 |
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 Hatfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5681342 | 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 508204. 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.










