Milburn, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Arlington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42023. The Survey maps it on the Milburn quadrangle. It stands 482 feet above sea level.
On record in Milburn
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
George W. Stone Houselisted 1994 · 0.2 miles away
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.
- 1951 USGS Milburn quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Fancy Farm quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1977 USGS Milburn quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Murray quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Milburn between 1998 and 2018, burning about 147 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 | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DAVIS ROAD |
| 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 |
| 20 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GRUBBS ROA |
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 Milburn: 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
11 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milburn in 11 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milburn | $50,000 | On Kentucky Highway 548 near Kirbyton, three barns were damaged. Two of those barns were damaged extensively. Farm equipment was tossed about. Near Milburn, lots of tree limbs were blown down along with some downed trees. A flag pole and mailbox pole were snapped. Corn fields were flattened in the Kirbyton and Milburn area. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milburn | $50,000 | The Milburn Baptist Church was damaged. Sections of roof were blown off of two homes along State Route 1371. A tree landed on the roof of a home along County Road 1120. A downed tree blocked both lanes of State Route 80 east. |
| May 2010 | Flood | Milburn | $20,000 | High water was over U.S. Highway 62 between Bardwell and Cunningham. County Road 1146 was closed in the Milburn area due to a washout. |
| February 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milburn | $20,000 | Numerous trees and limbs were down. Wind gusts across western Kentucky averaged from 45 to 55 MPH outside of thunderstorms. Isolated higher gusts between 60 and 70 MPH occurred in and near thunderstorms. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milburn | $10,000 | Part of the roof of an old barn was blown off. The top of a silo was torn off. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milburn | $6,000 | A roof was blown off a barn near Milburn. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milburn | $1,000 | A few larger branches were blown down on Kentucky 1371 and State Route 307. |
| February 2025 | Flash Flood | Milburn | - | Widespread flooding surrounded a mobile home on Highway 80. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milburn | - | Large tree limbs and a tree were blown down. Highway 80 was blocked. |
| May 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Milburn | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Milburn | - | 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) | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| East Hopewell | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Kirbyton | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| West Hopewell | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Saint Dennis (historical) | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Sharon (historical) | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Antioch (historical) | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Arlington | 6.0 miles | 16 |
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 Milburn | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690943 | 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 498175. 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.




