Palma, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Calvert City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42025. The Survey maps it on the Elva quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1936 USGS Benton quadrangle1:48000
- 1936 USGS Elva quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Elva quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Benton quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Elva quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Murray quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
22 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Palma between 1998 and 2016, burning about 145 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 ceremony | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WHISPERING HILLS |
| 28 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MARSHALL |
| 27 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 June 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2013 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | 198 STATE ROUTE 1710 |
| 2 April 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WINDSOR DRIVE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Palma: 1 prospect, 1 plant, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Chromium, Manganese, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Calvert City Smelter | Chromium, Manganese | Plant | ||
| Briensburg Shale | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Tenn Forging Steel/ Calvert City Ky | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Palma in 10 storm reports between 1997 and 2020: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palma | $50,000 | A gust to 60 MPH was reported near Palma. About 100 feet of roofing was blown off the IGA store near Possum Trot. Telephone poles were down at Benton. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palma | $20,000 | Trees were blown down at Possum Trot. Near Tatumsville, roofs were blown off homes, and numerous trees and power lines were down. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palma | $5,000 | Several power lines were down. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palma | $4,000 | A microburst blew down numerous 12 to 20-inch trees in the Gilbertsville area. An off-duty National Weather Service employee estimated gusts near 60 MPH near Palma. |
| September 2006 | Flash Flood | Palma | - | Six inches of water was over Highway 1712. |
| June 1999 | Flash Flood | Palma | - | Thunderstorms produced torrential rainfall. A spotter reported rainfall of 2.1 inches in 45 minutes at Draffenville. Creeks near Palma and Sharpe rose very rapidly. In some low-lying areas, eight to ten inches of water covered roads. |
| May 1997 | Flash Flood | Palma | - | A slow-moving line of thunderstorms produced as much as 3 inches of rain in 3 hours near U.S. 68 in northern Marshall County. U.S. 68 was under water near Palma. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Palma | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palma | - | no account filed |
| February 2007 | Hail | Palma | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pugh (historical) | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Griggstown (historical) | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Lone Valley (historical) | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Angle Creek | 2.9 miles | 22 | |
| Draffenville | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Harris Hill Ford | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Scale | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Possum Trot | 4.1 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 500138. 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.






