Sherburne, Kentucky
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Hillsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41041. It stands on Two Mile Run. The Survey maps it on the Sherburne quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1952 USGS Sherburne quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Sherburne between 1999 and 2017, burning about 60 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 April 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 April 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | NORTH CONVICT RD |
| 20 February 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WILLIAMS RD |
| 8 November 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 November 2017 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | KISER BRANCH |
| 15 November 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 October 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 7.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WILLIAMS RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sherburne in 3 storm reports between 2000 and 2022: 2 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 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherburne | $2,000 | Strong winds removed shingles from one home and damaged a barn roof. Several large trees were also blown down. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherburne | - | The Highway Department reported that large tree limbs were removed along KY-11 near mile marker 1 in Sheburne, KY. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Sherburne | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concord | 2.5 miles | 6 | |
| Olive Branch | 3.0 miles | 6 | |
| Locust | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Tilton | 5.0 miles | 6 | |
| Battle Run | 5.2 miles | 6 | |
| Hill Top | 5.8 miles | 6 | |
| Sunset | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Bald Hill | 7.0 miles | 10 |
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 Sherburne | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q21197740 | 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 503354. 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.



