Jessietown, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the New Market census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42718. It stands on Mussin Branch. The Survey maps it on the Spurlington quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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 Spurlington quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
36 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Jessietown between 1998 and 2020, burning about 469 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 April 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FINLEY RIDGE |
| 2 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 March 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.3 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ST. MATTHEWS |
| 9 March 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Jessietown: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward & Montgomery Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jessietown in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 3 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2021 | Tornado (EF2) | Jessietown | 1 hurt | This tornado formed approximately 1.7 miles west southwest of Saloma near Chaney Pike Road and tracked northeast for approximately 6.5 miles before exiting Taylor County and into southern Marion County. The tornado in Marion County resulted in EF-1 to EF-2 damage to homes and trees along Finley Ridge Road, Nolley Wood Road, US 68, and New Calvary Road. Toward the end of the tornado track the tornado weakened and the damage became more sporadic. The tornado lifted near Bradfordsville Highway just 2.2 miles west of Bradfordsville. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jessietown | - | State officials reported trees down near Highway 412 due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Jessietown | - | Half dollar size hail fell near Jessietown. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Jessietown | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Jessietown | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Flash Flood | Jessietown | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Market | 1.6 miles | 6 | |
| Ridge (historical) | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| Lagoon (historical) | 2.5 miles | 6 | |
| Belltown | 3.8 miles | 6 | |
| Phillipsburg | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| McElroy Pike (historical) | 3.9 miles | 6 | |
| Calvary | 4.1 miles | 6 | |
| Gilboa (historical) | 4.4 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122549348 | 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 495253. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.



