Kimbrell, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Irvine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40336. It lies near Sugarloaf Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Clay City quadrangle. It stands 722 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1892 USGS Beattyville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1952 USGS Clay City quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Clay City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
78 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Kimbrell between 1996 and 2020, burning about 666 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | CHESTNUT STAND |
| 24 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kimbrell in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2022: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kimbrell | - | A tree was reported down on Hwy-82 near the community of Kimbrell. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kimbrell | - | Dispatch reported a tree blown down across Lilys Ferry Road in Kimbrell. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kimbrell | - | A tree was blown down along Hwy 82 between mile markers 3 and 4. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hargett | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Spout Springs | 1.8 miles | 12 | |
| Calloway Creek (historical) | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Sams (historical) | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Iron Mound | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Cressy | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Bogie (historical) | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Palmer | 4.0 miles | 15 |
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 Kimbrell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690767 | 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 513139. 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.





