Lesbas, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Bush census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40744. It stands on Lick Fork. The Survey maps it on the Blackwater quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1891 USGS Manchester quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1952 USGS Blackwater quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
- 1979 USGS Blackwater quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
61 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Lesbas between 1997 and 2019, burning about 833 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2007 | Natural | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | TOMCAT #2 |
| 19 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | TOMCAT #1 |
| 8 April 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lesbas in 5 storm reports between 2010 and 2026: 4 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lesbas | $3,000 | A tin roof was partially blown off of a barn near the intersection of Tomcat Trail and Hwy 80E. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lesbas | $2,000 | Laurel county dispatch reported a tree down and electrical wires, leading to a fire on Skyline View, located on the southeast side of London. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lesbas | - | Laurel County dispatch reported a tree blown down along East Laurel near the intersection with KY-1561. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lesbas | - | A tree was blown down and blocking Skyline View Road southeast of London. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Lesbas | - | The public reported quarter-sized (1.00 inch) hail approximately 1 miles west northwest of Brock. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel River Neighborhood | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| Brock | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Boreing | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Lida | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Fariston | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Cane Creek | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Sublimity City | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Marydell | 5.0 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122560749 | 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 513344. 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.





