Huff, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Sunfish census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42210. It lies near West Point. The Survey maps it on the Brownsville quadrangle. It stands 541 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1922 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1923 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
33 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Huff between 1998 and 2018, burning about 925 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 400 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SLEEPY HOLLOW |
| 7 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Huff in 15 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 2 hail, 2 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huff | $20,000 | A concrete block garage was destroyed and an RV was blown over 2.5 miles southwest of Sunfish. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Huff | - | State Road 70 was closed at Bear Creek due to water over the road. |
| February 2019 | Flash Flood | Huff | - | A bridge on Blackgold-Grassland Road had to be closed due to high water. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huff | - | The county Emergency Manager reported 15 to 20 trees down across the county due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huff | - | The public reported a measured wind gust of 52 kts from a personal weather station in Huff. |
| April 2015 | Tornado (EF2) | Huff | - | A narrow tornado developed quickly just west of 3667 Grassland Black Gold Rd (Highway 1365) and snapped a few softwood and few wood large limbs. It then grew in width and intensity as it crossed Highway 1365 and uprooted, snapped and twisted over 200 trees in a heavily forested area around a deep karst ravine. A drone was used to pinpoint the exact storm end point which was about 100 yards east of Highway 1365 near a farmer's field. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Huff | - | A trained spotter reported hail up to 3/4 inch diameter. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huff | - | A CoCoRaHS observer reported a measured wind gust of 64 mph and pea sized hail. |
| June 2011 | Flood | Huff | - | Over four and one half inches of rain fell within several hours, including two inches over the hour ending at 1 am CST. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huff | - | A storm chaser reported large tree limbs down. Wind gusts were estimated to be around 60 mph. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huff | - | A storm chaser reported large tree limbs down. Wind gusts were estimated to be 60 mph. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huff | - | The public reported a measured wind gust of 59 knots. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huff | - | A large barn roof was damaged. |
| December 2007 | Flood | Huff | - | Parts of Kentucky Route 655 were closed due to high water. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Huff | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Gold | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Segal | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Windyville | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Sunfish | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Roundhill | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Big Reedy | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Lindseyville | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Asphalt | 4.1 miles | 13 |
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 Huff | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5929448 | 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 508290. 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.







