Hobart, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Albany census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42717. It lies near Lucky Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Frogue quadrangle.

Hobart within Clinton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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.

1924 USGS Lillydale quadrangle1:62500
1926 USGS Lillydale quadrangle1:62500
1929 USGS Lillydale quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1954 USGS Frogue quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
1978 USGS Frogue quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

40 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Hobart between 1998 and 2020, burning about 423 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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	13
Debris and open burning	13
Arson/incendiarism	6
Recreation and ceremony	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	3
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
6 April 2010	Railroad operations and maintenance	30 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
30 April 2007	Recreation and ceremony	12 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
3 April 2011	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	ROBERT RIDGE
25 April 2009	Railroad operations and maintenance	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
2 April 2014	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	MODOC
15 April 2010	Debris and open burning	30 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
11 April 2002	Debris and open burning	20 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
11 April 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	80 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clinton County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hobart: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc. 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
	Deep Well-Sphalerite Occurrence	Zinc	Occurrence	Sphalerite
	Deep Well-Sphalerite Occurrence	Zinc	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Clinton County

Storms near this place

1 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hobart in 1 storm report in 2024: 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 2024	Tornado (EF1)	Hobart	-	The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey and found a tornado occurred on Sunday, May 26th, 2024. This tornado reached a peak intensity of EF1 with 95 mph estimated peak winds, crossing through portions of southern Cumberland and Clinton County.\|\|The tornado crossed into Clinton county across Dale Hollow Lake at the Wisdom\|Dock location where extensive tree damage was consistent with\|EF1 wind speeds between 100 and 105 mph. Minor shingle damage to\|homes was also observed along Wisdom Dock Road. The tornado\|continued up Wisdom Dock Road and did more tree damage before ending just south\|of Charlie Murray Road.

Every storm recorded in Clinton 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Willen (historical)	2.2 miles	12
Shipley	2.7 miles	12
Lettered Oak (historical)	2.7 miles	12
Ootens Store (historical)	3.9 miles	12
Browns Crossroads	4.4 miles	12
Highway	4.7 miles	12
Lee Chapel (historical)	4.8 miles	12
Five Springs	4.9 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508258. 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.