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Job, Kentucky

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Inez census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41224. It stands on Lick Branch. The Survey maps it on the Milo quadrangle. It stands 778 feet above sea level.

Job within Martin County

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

387 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 387 fires within 5 miles of Job between 1992 and 2020, burning about 19,806 acres in total. None started naturally. 139 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
Arson/incendiarism139
Debris and open burning138
Missing data/not specified/undetermined68
Recreation and ceremony34
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Fireworks1

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
6 September 2018Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPEACH ORCHARD
5 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 September 2019Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresWest Virginia Division of ForestryWEBB ROAD
29 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBUFFALO HORN
27 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 September 2008Debris and open burning25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
20 September 2007Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 September 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryINEZ MOUNTAIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Martin County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Job: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Inez SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Joe FanninSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rockcastle Creek MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Martin County

Storms near this place

7 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Job in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 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
August 2019Thunderstorm WindJob$20,000The local Department of Highways reported a large tree fell on a work truck on Route 3 near Marcumtown.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindJob$10,000Trees were blown down on Peter Cave Branch and Big Lick Branch in Job.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindJob-Martin County Dispatch received a report of a tree down over Buffalo Horn Road near the intersection with KY-3 and Rockcastle Creek just north of the community of Job.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindJob-A tree was blown down on Highway 3 at mile marker 19 near Job.
December 2014Thunderstorm WindJob-Trees were blown down on Old KY Route 3.
March 2011Thunderstorm WindJob-There was two trees uprooted and nickel sized hail was also seen.
July 2000HailJob-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Martin 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
Castle (historical)1.6 miles17
Milo1.8 miles17
Stidham3.3 miles17
Inez3.6 miles16
Tomahawk4.4 miles16
Debord6.3 miles16
Hode6.6 miles25
Davisport6.8 miles16

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 JobAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6206602The 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 508347. 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.