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.
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.
Clay Hilllisted 1975 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Spurlington quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 1998Regional 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/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 April 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FINLEY RIDGE |
| 2 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 March 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.3 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ST. MATTHEWS |
| 5 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | M&R LANE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2003Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Hobson | $75,000 | This 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 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hobson | $60,000 | Roofs were blown off three buildings. |
| November 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hobson | $15,000 | There was a softwood tree down on a vehicle and another split tree on Dragway Lane. |
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Hobson | - | There was a report of considerable water over Sanders Road, northeast of Saloma. |
| September 2020 | Flash Flood | Hobson | - | There was flash flooding and road closures along Highway 289, Noe Road, and Salem Church Road. |
| February 2019 | Flash Flood | Hobson | - | Emergency services were en route to perform a swift water rescue on a stranded motorist on Salem Church Road. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hobson | - | Numerous trees were downed around Campbellsville and county wide. Power lines were downed along Hord Street. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Hobson | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saloma | 1.6 miles | 9 | |
| Finley | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Durhamtown | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Willowtown | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| White Rose | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Spurlington | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Arista | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Sweeneyville | 5.3 miles | 9 |
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.



