Sawyer, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Parkers Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42634. It lies near Barnett Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Sawyer quadrangle. It stands 1,060 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1890 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1894 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Sawyer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Sawyer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
146 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Sawyer between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,296 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 98 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 98 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | JUST BEGAN |
| 28 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | DOG SLAUGHTER |
| 1 September 2011 | Natural | 8.2 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | CAMPBELL BRANCH |
| 13 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | BARK CAMP IV |
| 6 July 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | FALLS |
| 2 June 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | SINGLE TREE |
| 9 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | BRIDGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sawyer in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sawyer | - | Numerous trees were downed on Highways 896, 1363 and 90. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Funston | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Honeybee | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Bauer | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Greenwood | 7.8 miles | 16 | |
| Beulah Heights | 8.1 miles | 16 | |
| Wiborg | 9.7 miles | 16 | |
| Flat Rock | 10.0 miles | 16 | |
| Nevelsville | 11.7 miles | 12 |
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 Sawyer | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7428720 | 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 515267. 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.






