BlockSinking Fork, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Hopkinsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42240. It stands on West Fork Sinking Fork. The Survey maps it on the Pleasant Green Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Pleasant Green Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Pleasant Green Hill quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Hopkinsville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
15 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Sinking Fork between 1999 and 2019, burning about 293 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | QUAIL |
| 1 September 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 18 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HOPKINSVILLE /MT ZION |
| 30 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 March 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HARMONY GROVE |
| 26 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sinking Fork in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 3 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2008 | Tornado (EF2) | Sinking Fork | 2 hurt, $4,400,000 | Twenty-seven homes were damaged and 17 were destroyed. A total of 19 garages, sheds, and barns were damaged or destroyed. Of the destroyed homes, at least five were mobile homes. The two injured persons transported themselves to local hospitals. The county was declared a federal major disaster area. Peak winds were estimated near 130 mph. The average path width was 225 yards. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sinking Fork | $30,000 | An unoccupied house trailer was blown off its foundation on Highway 91 near the Trigg County line. South of Crofton, one lane of U.S. Highway 41 was blocked by a downed tree, and a trained spotter estimated a wind gust to 60 mph on the nearby Pennyrile Parkway. A tree was blown down on a trailer on U.S. Highway 41 about seven miles north of Hopkinsville. |
| March 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Sinking Fork | $25,000 | The tornado path continued from Trigg County into Christian County. The tornado was only on the ground for about three-tenths of a mile in Christian County before lifting. Two barns were damaged. One barn was blown several inches northward off its foundation. A second barn had its north wall blown northward, with debris blown to the east-northeast. The damage was only about a mile south of Highway 624 near the Trigg County line. Peak winds were estimated near 80 mph. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sinking Fork | $3,000 | A tobacco barn was heavily damaged. The roof was blown off, and a wall collapsed. Some winter wheat in the immediate vicinity of the barn was blown over. |
| May 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Sinking Fork | - | A tornado was witnessed and photographed north of U.S. Highway 68 in western Christian County. The touchdown appeared to be brief. The affected area was primarily fields, and little if any damage was reported. This tornado was spawned from the same supercell that produced a weak tornado near Cerulean in Trigg County. The maximum winds were estimated near 60 mph. |
| April 2008 | Flood | Sinking Fork | - | The north fork of the Little River off of U.S. Highway 68 was out of its banks. The floodwaters covered a road, which was closed. U.S. Highway 41 was flooded at the 5 mile marker, but was not closed. Rainfall was 2.5 inches. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palestine (historical) | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Pleasant Green Hill | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Gracey | 5.1 miles | 6 | |
| Era | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Bainbridge | 5.4 miles | 6 | |
| Walnut Grove | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Belleview (historical) | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Merrittstown | 6.2 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122568788 | 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 503566. 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.