Horse Branch, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Horse Branch census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42349. It stands on Jenny Branch. The Survey maps it on the Rosine quadrangle. It stands 466 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1925 USGS Spring Lick quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rosine quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Rosine quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
15 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Horse Branch between 1999 and 2020, burning about 427 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 1999 | Smoking | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 55 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROCKY CREEK |
| 2 April 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 17 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 March 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 81 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 62 RAILROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Horse Branch in 3 storm reports between 1997 and 2017: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horse Branch | $500 | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horse Branch | - | Minor tree damage was reported by Emergency Manager with winds estimated at 60 mph. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Horse Branch | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Run | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| Renfrow | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Windy Hill | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Rosine | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Dogwalk | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Arnold | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Olaton | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 5.0 miles | 11 |
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 Horse Branch | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q30622287 | 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 494566. 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.






