Kirbyton, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Cunningham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42039. The Survey maps it on the Fancy Farm quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1952 USGS Fancy Farm quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Fancy Farm quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1977 USGS Fancy Farm quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Murray quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Kirbyton between 1998 and 2018, burning about 80 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Smoking | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 31 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 May 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 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 Kirbyton: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mcgary Mine | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kirbyton in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2018: 2 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirbyton | $50,000 | On Highway 307, a couple of small grain bins were destroyed. A trampoline and a playhouse were blown around. The damage occurred in very rural farm country. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirbyton | $4,000 | About a half dozen trees fell across roads in the county. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Kirbyton | - | The hail occurred near the intersection of Highways 307 and 121. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Kirbyton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmaus (historical) | 1.5 miles | 9 | |
| Sharon (historical) | 1.8 miles | 9 | |
| Zoar (historical) | 3.4 miles | 7 | |
| Milburn | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Old Mayfield (historical) | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Cunningham | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Antioch (historical) | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Wilson | 5.6 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 495790. 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.




