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Jett, Kentucky

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Frankfort census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40601. It lies near Locust Hill. The Survey maps it on the Frankfort East quadrangle. It stands 797 feet above sea level.

Jett within Franklin County

On record in Jett

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

1 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Jett in 2019, burning about 3 acres in total. 1 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
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
3 July 2019Natural3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryJIM BEAM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Jett: 2 producers, 2 prospects, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Queen City Pit No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Branch Junction ClayClayProspect
Franklin County MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Glenns CreekStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Thorn Hill Clay BedClayProspect

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

10 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jett in 10 storm reports between 2008 and 2019: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2013Flash FloodJett$10,000The Frankfort media reported two different water rescues of drivers from their respective vehicles. One car was stalled in about 12 to 18 inches of water across Country Lane.
January 2012Thunderstorm WindJett$10,000An NWS survey team identified straight line wind damage next to Leestown Road near the intersection of Highways 421 and 60 just east of Frankfort. A power pole was blown down. At a storage unit facility, the roof was removed from three individual storage units.
August 2019HailJett-Penny size hail was reported at US 60 and State Road 676.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindJett-A Kentucky official several trees down across the area.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindJett-The Frankfort media reported several power lines down just east of Frankfort.
September 2014Flash FloodJett-A section of Duncan Road paralleling a creek was closed due to flash flooding.
July 2013Flash FloodJett-Heavy rains flooded and briefly closed the intersection of Country Lane and Saratoga Drive in Frankfort.
January 2012Thunderstorm WindJett-A spotter reported that a shop was destroyed on Leestown Road near Frankfort.
January 2012Thunderstorm WindJett-Local media reported that a roof was blown off a storage facility on Leestown Road.
March 2008FloodJett-Slickaway Road was closed due to high water.

Every storm recorded in Franklin County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Slickway1.0 miles17
Bon Air Hills1.1 miles17
Big Eddy2.4 miles17
Forks of Elkhorn2.7 miles17
Indian Hills2.8 miles17
Elsinore3.1 miles17
Frankfort3.5 miles17
Woodlake3.9 miles17

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 JettAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14690717The 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 495255. 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.