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Linton, Kentucky

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Canton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42211. It stands on Little Hurricane Creek. The Survey maps it on the Linton quadrangle. It stands 538 feet above sea level.

Linton within Trigg County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 9 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

13 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Linton between 1998 and 2020, burning about 126 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
Recreation and ceremony4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning3
Smoking2

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
24 September 1999Smoking42 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 September 2007Debris and open burning12 acresTennessee Division of ForestryHERMITAGE CIRCLE RD
1 September 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 April 2011Debris and open burning1.5 acresTennessee Division of ForestryLOON BAY 1
29 March 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLand Between the Lakes National Recreation AreaNEVILLE
2 March 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCROSS ROAD
16 February 2009Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 December 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCRAIG BRANCH FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Trigg County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Linton: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Model QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Trigg County

Storms near this place

12 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Linton in 12 storm reports between 1998 and 2016: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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
October 2007Tornado (EF2)Linton$120,000Numerous trees were uprooted and blown down. Metal debris was embedded in several trees. Two barns were destroyed. One large garage was destroyed. Debris from the garage was blown up to three quarters of a mile, and projectiles were embedded in the ground up to 200 yards away. Four power poles were snapped. Peak winds were estimated near 120 mph.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindLinton$75,000At least two barns were destroyed. At the county recreation complex, roofs were blown off the maintenance shed and two dugouts. Power poles were blown over. Trees were down across roadways all over the county, but more commonly from Linton to around Donaldson Creek.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindLinton$20,000Widespread tree damage occurred in the southeast portion of the county, mainly between the community of Linton and Interstate 24. Many trees were down along the Lake Barkley shore at Linton.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindLinton$7,000Multiple trees were blown down on Highway 164.
April 2006HailLinton$7,000Golf ball size hail fell in the Caledonia area, while 1.5 inch hail fell in Roaring Spring and Linton. Near Caledonia, windows were broken, and holes were punched in a house's vinyl siding.
April 1998Thunderstorm WindLinton$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew shingles off a roof and broke a TV antenna.
April 2014HailLinton-Dime-size hail accumulated to a depth of several inches.
May 2011Funnel CloudLinton-There were several reports of funnel clouds in the southwest part of the county.
October 2007Tornado (EF0)Linton-Several trees were uprooted. The tornado occurred just south of Pryor Bay on the west side of Lake Barkley. This location is in the Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area, very close to the Tennessee state line. Peak winds were estimated near 80 mph.
May 2016HailLinton-no account filed
May 2011HailLinton-no account filed
April 2003HailLinton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Trigg 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
Donaldson4.6 miles7
Cumberland Shores4.8 miles7
Barkley Shores5.5 miles7
Maple Grove6.2 miles7
Canton8.1 miles7
Golden Pond8.8 miles13
Blue Spring9.9 miles7
Blue Spring Estates10.6 miles7

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 LintonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q17492479The 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 496592. 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.