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Hobson, Kentucky

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Saloma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42718. The Survey maps it on the Spurlington quadrangle.

Hobson within Taylor County

On record in Hobson

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

25 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Hobson between 1998 and 2020, burning about 344 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/undetermined7
Debris and open burning7
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
12 September 1999Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 April 2018Arson/incendiarism15 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFINLEY RIDGE
2 April 1998Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 April 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 March 2020Arson/incendiarism1.3 acresKentucky Division of ForestryST. MATTHEWS
5 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryM&R LANE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Taylor County

Storms near this place

8 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hobson in 8 storm reports between 2003 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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
November 2017Tornado (EF1)Hobson$75,000This small, narrow squall-line spinup tornado moved over rural countryside, damaging or destroying a half dozen outbuildings and doing minor tree damage as it traveled east-southeast over three farmsteads. Only minor roof damage occurred to one home in its path. NWS Louisville thanks Taylor County Emergency Management for their assistance in this damage survey.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindHobson$60,000Roofs were blown off three buildings.
November 2018Thunderstorm WindHobson$15,000There was a softwood tree down on a vehicle and another split tree on Dragway Lane.
June 2020Flash FloodHobson-There was a report of considerable water over Sanders Road, northeast of Saloma.
September 2020Flash FloodHobson-There was flash flooding and road closures along Highway 289, Noe Road, and Salem Church Road.
February 2019Flash FloodHobson-Emergency services were en route to perform a swift water rescue on a stranded motorist on Salem Church Road.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHobson-Numerous trees were downed around Campbellsville and county wide. Power lines were downed along Hord Street.
April 2018HailHobson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Taylor 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
Saloma1.6 miles9
Finley2.9 miles9
Durhamtown3.0 miles9
Willowtown3.4 miles9
White Rose4.9 miles9
Spurlington5.1 miles9
Arista5.2 miles11
Sweeneyville5.3 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 494325. 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.