Honeybee, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Parkers Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42634. It stands on Tom Fork. The Survey maps it on the Cumberland Falls quadrangle. It stands 1,247 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1890 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1894 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Cumberland Falls quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Cumberland Falls quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
247 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 247 fires within 5 miles of Honeybee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,991 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 173 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 173 |
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | JUST BEGAN |
| 9 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 21 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | TIRE |
| 3 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | PITCH |
| 28 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 55 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | TOMMY GUN |
| 22 September 2005 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | NEW PACK |
| 18 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.6 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | INDIAN CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Honeybee in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Honeybee | $1,000 | Multiple trees were blown down along KY Hwy 90. The trees took down powerlines. |
| November 2010 | Flood | Honeybee | $1,000 | Gordon Taylor Road in the Sawyer area was under water. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Honeybee | - | Dispatch relayed a report of a tree blown down onto a power line and garage near Honeybee, resulting in a structural fire. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Honeybee | - | A tree was blown down, blocking the road at Sand Hill. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sawyer | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Funston | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Beulah Heights | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Wiborg | 6.7 miles | 16 | |
| Flat Rock | 6.7 miles | 16 | |
| Greenwood | 6.9 miles | 16 | |
| Bauer | 7.4 miles | 17 | |
| Marshes Siding | 8.9 miles | 16 |
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 Honeybee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5893716 | 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 512765. 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.






