Lynnville, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Sedalia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42079. The Survey maps it on the Lynnville quadrangle. It stands 554 feet above sea level.
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 Lynnville quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Mayfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1978 USGS Lynnville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Murray quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
37 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Lynnville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 209 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tennessee Division of Forestry | WEAKLEY COUNTY TENNESSEE 89 10028 |
| 6 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 47 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 April 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.8 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FAIRBANKS ROAD FIRE |
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 Lynnville: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farmington Clay Mine | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lynnville in 8 storm reports between 2006 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynnville | 1 hurt, $10,000 | A large tree limb punched through a truck windshield and injured the driver. The driver was extricated from the truck by rescue workers and transported to a hospital. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynnville | $10,000 | Numerous trees were blown down, knocking out power and phone service to the community. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynnville | $2,000 | A trained spotter estimated a wind gust near 65 mph. A tree branch was down on a power line. |
| November 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynnville | - | Tree damage was reported. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynnville | - | A trained spotter estimated winds gusted to at least 65 mph. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Lynnville | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Lynnville | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Lynnville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairbanks | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Tri City | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Vealsburg | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Cuba | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Bell City | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Cooksville | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Boydsville | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Sedalia | 5.9 miles | 12 |
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 Lynnville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6709471 | 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 497387. 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.




