BlockLynn City, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Bremen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42372. The Survey maps it on the Millport quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1909 USGS Madisonville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Millport quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Millport quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Madisonville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
22 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Lynn City between 1997 and 2016, burning about 114 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FURLOUGHWEEN |
| 23 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HEN HOUSE |
| 21 April 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lynn City in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynn City | $50,000 | A large shed was destroyed near Highway 175 near Lynn City Road. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Lynn City | $10,000 | An EF-1 tornado began northwest of Bremen near Carl Rd early morning. The tornado tracked northeastward through Lynn City crossing over into McLean County. Damage on the Muhlenberg County side was primarily to trees and a power pole. Peak estimated winds for the Muhlenberg County portion, and the tornado as a whole, were 90 mph. NWS Paducah thanks NWS Louisville for their assistance surveying this tornado. |
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Lynn City | - | Water was across KY-181 near the entrance to Cal-Maine Foods. Radar estimated 6-hr rainfall was 4-6 inches, with the rainiest hour amounting to around 2 inches from 2300-0000CST. |
| May 2010 | Flood | Lynn City | - | Kentucky Highway 181 was closed between mile markers 12 and 13 due to flooding. Water was over U.S. Highway 431 and Kentucky Highway 70. Several other secondary roads were closed throughout the county. Considerable flooding of farmland took place, though much of it was not planted yet. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jagoe | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Bremen | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Millport | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Stringtown | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Briar Creek | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Gishton | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| McDonalds (historical) | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Sandy | 4.5 miles | 14 |
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 Q122590612 | 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 497378. 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.