BlockPalmer, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Irvine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40336. It stands on Raven Branch. The Survey maps it on the Palmer quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1892 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Palmer quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
28 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Palmer between 1997 and 2020, burning about 159 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 April 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Palmer in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Palmer | $40,000 | A NWS storm survey team found damage that was the result of an|EF-1 tornado with maximum wind speeds estimated at 95 mph.|Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted, a barn was collapsed,|and the roof of an auto repair facility was damaged.||The tornado touched down along Thornburg Bend, where trees were|snapped. A barn was collapsed at a farm off of Harris Perry Road,|and an auto repair facility on Red River Road lost part of its|roof. Multiple downed trees blocked access to the dead end of Red|River Road. The tornado lifted just west of the Red River. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palmer | $10,000 | Trees were blown down on Winchester Road just north of the town of Palmer on the Estill Clark county line. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palmer | $1,000 | A tree was blown down on Hwy 89 near the Clark county line. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palmer | - | Estill county dispatch reported a tree blown down around the 1000 block of Red River Road, near the community of Palmer. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Palmer | - | Emergency manager reported penny-sized (0.75 inch) hail near The Forks. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palmer | - | A tree was blown down and across Hwy 89. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palmer | - | Seven or eight trees were blown down on Harris Ferry Rd. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palmer | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Mound | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| The Forks (historical) | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| Cressy | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Bogie (historical) | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Alexander School Neighborhood (historical) | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Sams (historical) | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Hargett | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Fox | 3.7 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508771. 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.