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Spurlington, Kentucky

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Mannsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42718. The Survey maps it on the Spurlington quadrangle.

Spurlington within Taylor County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

29 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Spurlington between 1998 and 2020, burning about 458 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony2
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
5 April 2013Debris and open burning20 acresKentucky Division of ForestryJIM BROWN
5 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 April 1998Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 March 2010Debris and open burning30 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 March 2001Arson/incendiarism25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 March 2019Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryARBUCKLE ROAD
5 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryM&R LANE FIRE
30 March 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Taylor County

Storms near this place

8 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spurlington in 8 storm reports between 2004 and 2021: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood, 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
April 2007Tornado (EF0)Spurlington$50,000The tornado first destroyed a 2-car garage 0.4 miles south of KY 744 on Smith Chapel School Road. It skipped northeast, damaging trees and two homes. It lifted just north of KY 744. Wind speeds were estimated around 85 mph.
February 2021FloodSpurlington-Several roads were closed due to high water, including Fairview, Bear Track, Noe, Crescent Hill, Christerson Lane, and Salem Church. Crescent Hill Road caved in due to the flooding. Repair costs are unknown.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindSpurlington-Numerous trees and power lines were down on Pitman Valley Road near Highway 744. A person was trapped in a vehicle.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindSpurlington-A metal roof was blown off of a building at the intersection of Pitman Valley Road and Finley Ridge Road.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindSpurlington-A report was received by the public of a tree down on Spurlington Rd in Taylor County.
February 2011Flash FloodSpurlington-Palestine Rd. was closed due to flooding.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindSpurlington-Trees were blown down.
July 2018HailSpurlington-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Taylor 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
Wooleyville2.7 miles9
Arista3.4 miles11
Acton4.7 miles9
Finley4.8 miles9
Mannsville5.0 miles9
Hobson5.1 miles9
Campbellsville5.9 miles11
South Campbellsville6.1 miles11

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 Q122595674The 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 504189. 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.