Jacktown, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Dividing Ridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40009. It stands on Martin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bradfordsville NE quadrangle. It stands 820 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Bradfordsville NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
28 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Jacktown between 1998 and 2011, burning about 444 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jacktown in 6 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jacktown | - | A carport pole barn was rolled over by strong winds at a residence on Button Knob Road. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Jacktown | - | Hail was reported near the junction of Highway 49 and 78. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jacktown | - | Local law enforcement reported trees down over KY-1547. |
| November 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Jacktown | - | A funnel cloud likely remained aloft for much of the duration of the storm, but spot F0 damage to trees was found on the ridge top along Peyton Ridge, at an elevation of about 1400 feet. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Jacktown | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Jacktown | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chilton | 1.7 miles | 8 | |
| Peytons Store | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Martin Creek (historical) | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Dogwood (historical) | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Pine Grove (historical) | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Ellisburg | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Scotts Chapel (historical) | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Snake Ridge (historical) | 5.6 miles | 8 |
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 Jacktown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690712 | 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 508329. 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.



