Stinnett, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Mozelle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40868. It stands on Stinnett Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hoskinston quadrangle. It stands 909 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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 Hazard quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1916 USGS Hyden quadrangle1:48000
- 1919 USGS Hyden quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Hoskinston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Hoskinston quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
217 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 217 fires within 5 miles of Stinnett between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,980 acres in total. None started naturally. 63 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 | 79 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 63 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 55 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 799 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 90 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
17 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stinnett in 17 storm reports between 1997 and 2015: 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2002 | Flash Flood | Stinnett | $50,000 | Heavy rains fell on March 17 and March 18 causing homes to be evacuated and several roads to be flooded. |
| August 2009 | Flash Flood | Stinnett | $15,000 | Highway 421 was reported to have been washed away near the intersection with Highway 406. A driver who was not aware that the road was washed drove his car into the flood waters at this location and had to take refuge in a tree after his car became flooded. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Stinnett | $15,000 | Hail created dents on a few vehicles. |
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stinnett | $4,000 | Two trees were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts on Highway 406. Two more trees were blown down on Highway 421. |
| January 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stinnett | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stinnett | $1,600 | Two trees down on KY-421 near Stinnett. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stinnett | - | Trees were blown down and onto Hwy 421. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stinnett | - | A tree was blown down on Hwy 421. |
| August 2009 | Flash Flood | Stinnett | - | Army Trail Road was reported to be flooded and flood water was also reported to be over a bridge in this area. |
| August 2009 | Flood | Stinnett | - | A man continues to be stranded in a tree in Stinnet and emergency workers are having trouble getting to him. Highway 421 in Cutshin is closed due to flooding. |
| April 2007 | Flash Flood | Stinnett | - | Greasy Creek Road closed. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stinnett | - | Tree over a road near Hoskinston. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stinnett | - | A couple of trees blown down. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stinnett | - | One tree was down. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stinnett | - | Trees were blown down across Cherokee Lane and Turkey Foot Road. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stinnett | - | Trees were downed. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Stinnett | - | 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.
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 Stinnett | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7617468 | 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 515717. 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.







