BlockPersimmon, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Tompkinsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42167. The Survey maps it on the Sulphur Lick quadrangle. It stands 1,099 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1953 USGS Sulphur Lick quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
65 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Persimmon between 1998 and 2019, burning about 2,804 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BRYANTT |
| 10 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | 73 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SLATE CREEK FIRE |
| 6 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Persimmon in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Persimmon | $1,000 | Trees and large limbs were downed at Persimmon. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Persimmon | - | The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey and found a|tornado occurred on Sunday, May 26th, 2024. Despite the fact that the tornado was only on the ground for a little over one mile and one minute, it tracked very briefly through Monroe, Metcalfe, and Cumberland County. Starting in Monroe|County near the Bacon Branch of Leatherwood Creek on a rural|hillside, drone footage found a clearly defined path of uprooted|trees with a convergent signature to the damage consistent with|100 mph winds. The tornado then turned along the creek and|crossed into the intersection of Cumberland County and Metcalfe|County. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Persimmon | - | A trained spotter reported three trees were blown down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockbridge | 2.6 miles | 9 | |
| Cyclone | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Bushong | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Sulphur Lick | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Forkton | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Grandview | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Meshack | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Tompkinsville | 7.4 miles | 13 |
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 Persimmon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14691105 | 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 508806. 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.