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Redbird, Kentucky

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Williamsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40769. It stands on Rough Shoals Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wofford quadrangle. It stands 915 feet above sea level.

Redbird within Whitley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

134 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Redbird between 1995 and 2019, burning about 3,676 acres in total. None started naturally. 51 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 burning53
Arson/incendiarism51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Recreation and ceremony8
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
25 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 July 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 May 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestPETER BR HILL
6 May 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryWOFFORD CEM. RD
8 April 2004Arson/incendiarism15 acresDaniel Boone National ForestSHOP BRANCH #3
7 April 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestGEORGIA BOUND
5 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 April 2016Debris and open burning36 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBECK'S CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Whitley County

Storms near this place

6 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Redbird in 6 storm reports between 2003 and 2021: 5 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2021Thunderstorm WindRedbird-Multiple trees were blown down onto roads in the Redbird community.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindRedbird-Trees were downed on Hwy 478 near Redbird.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindRedbird-Trees were downed on Hwy 478 near Redbird.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindRedbird-A few large limbs blown down at the Cumberland Falls State Resort Park.
October 2003Thunderstorm WindRedbird-Scattered old pine trees were reported down along Highway 204 from Redbird north to the intersection of Highway 204 and United States Route 25W.
June 2006HailRedbird-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Whitley County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Liberty0.9 miles16
Bon3.1 miles15
Highland Park3.4 miles15
Williamsburg3.4 miles15
Goldbug3.5 miles16
Balltown3.8 miles15
Clio4.0 miles16
Savoy4.3 miles15

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 RedbirdAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7305466The 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 514874. 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.