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Kennebec, Kentucky

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Frankfort census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40601. It stands on Brighton Branch. The Survey maps it on the Frankfort West quadrangle.

Kennebec within Franklin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

4 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Kennebec between 1999 and 2014, burning about 19 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
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
1 April 2014Recreation and ceremony10 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCOW PIE
19 March 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 March 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 November 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Kennebec: 2 prospects, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
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

3 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kennebec in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2024Thunderstorm WindKennebec-Trees were downed by strong winds along Skyview Drive near Frankfort.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindKennebec-Trees were down on Devils Hollow Road.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindKennebec-Trees were reported down on Pearidge Rd in Frankfort.

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
Choateville0.6 miles16
Glore (historical)0.8 miles16
Frankfort2.1 miles17
Benson2.5 miles16
Broadville Manor2.8 miles16
Honeysuckle (historical)2.9 miles16
Bryant3.0 miles16
Harvieland3.3 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508379. 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.