Sextons Creek, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Burning Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40983. It stands on Buncomb Creek. The Survey maps it on the Maulden quadrangle. It stands 817 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1891 USGS Manchester quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Maulden quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
- 1979 USGS Maulden quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
296 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 296 fires within 5 miles of Sextons Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,488 acres in total. None started naturally. 78 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 | 120 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 78 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 August 1999 | Smoking | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sextons Creek in 10 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sextons Creek | $8,000 | Half of a barn blown down and several apple trees were uprooted. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sextons Creek | - | Clay County Highway Garage reported a tree down in Sextons Creek 1 mile NE from the intersection of KY-577 and KY-1350. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sextons Creek | - | A 3 foot diameter tree was blown down and onto a house.. |
| February 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sextons Creek | - | Trees were blown down on Hwy 577. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sextons Creek | - | Several trees were down across State Hwy 1350 in the Clark community. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sextons Creek | - | A tree was blown down at the intersection of Hwy's 1350 and 577. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sextons Creek | - | Two trees were blown down. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sextons Creek | - | Trees were blown down. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sextons Creek | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Sextons Creek | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mouth of Little Sextons Creek (historical) | 1.4 miles | 13 | |
| Chestnutburg | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Alger | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Vine | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Felty | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Shepherdtown | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Burning Springs | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Laurel Creek | 5.2 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 Sextons Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7458620 | 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 515330. 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.





