Jeffrey, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Mount Hermon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42157. It stands on Miller Branch. The Survey maps it on the Freedom quadrangle.
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 Freedom quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Jeffrey between 1999 and 2014, burning about 78 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 March 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 14 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 February 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BOARDERS FIRE |
| 18 February 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | COMER FIRE |
| 1 February 2014 | Debris and open burning | 22 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PROFITT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jeffrey in 5 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jeffrey | - | Several trees were blown over by strong thunderstorm winds in western Monroe County. |
| February 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jeffrey | - | About one third of a barn roof was torn off by winds on Whitlow Road near Les Williams Road. |
| May 2021 | Flash Flood | Jeffrey | - | Photos on social media showed flooding over Bethlehem Church Road. |
| February 2009 | Hail | Jeffrey | - | no account filed |
| January 2006 | Hail | Jeffrey | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gum Tree | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Pikesville (historical) | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Flippin | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Lamb | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Mud Lick | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Emberton | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Mount Hermon | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Freetown | 5.4 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 Jeffrey | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q110536075 | 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 508332. 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.



