Permon, Kentucky
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Barbourville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40759. It stands on Flat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Barbourville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1886 USGS Cumberland Gap quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Cumberland Gap quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Cumberland Gap quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1952 USGS Barbourville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Barbourville quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Middlesboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
152 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Permon between 1997 and 2019, burning about 4,632 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 29 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 82 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 24 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PERMAN ROAD |
| 12 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 63 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SWAN LAKE |
| 23 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BULL RUN F |
| 7 May 2014 | Natural | 26 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SWAN POND |
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 Permon: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louden Shale | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
4 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Permon in 4 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Permon | $2,500 | A citizen reported a tree blown down along with damage to the roof of a shed near Permon and Clate southwest of Barbourville. |
| December 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Permon | - | The Little Poplar Creek Volunteer Fire Department posted on social media that they responded to downed trees blocking the roadway near the intersection of KY-11 South and KY-1530 (J Logan Road), southwest of the Jarvis community. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Permon | - | A trained spotter observed quarter sized hail west of Permon. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Permon | - | Large tree limbs over 2 inches in diameter were blown down. A trampoline also blown across a fence. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swan Lake | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Dishman Springs | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Swanpond | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Providence | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Apple Grove (historical) | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Barbourville | 6.2 miles | 17 | |
| Davis Bend (historical) | 6.4 miles | 17 | |
| Wilton | 6.5 miles | 17 |
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 Q122553738 | 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 508803. 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.









