Hestand, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Tompkinsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42167. The Survey maps it on the Tompkinsville quadrangle. It stands 879 feet above sea level.
On record in Hestand
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Barlow Baxter Houselisted 2001
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1929 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
50 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Hestand between 1999 and 2016, burning about 999 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2008 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 August 2011 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FACTORY |
| 6 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 133 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LITTLE SULFUR |
| 5 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 April 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 April 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 71 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2010 | Smoking | 26 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hestand: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Oil Shale, 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 | ||
| Outcrop Sample For Uranium | Uranium, Oil Shale | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hestand in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hestand | - | Several large trees, as well as power lines, were downed along Kentucky Route 163 in southern Monroe County. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hestand | - | Local law enforcement reported that several trees were downed near State Highway 163. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hestand | - | Trees were downed in several areas with damage to several outbuildings reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boles | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Harlan Crossroads | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Otia | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Blythe | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Coe | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Tompkinsville | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Grandview | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Vernon | 6.5 miles | 13 |
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 Hestand | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q15223788 | 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 494096. 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.




