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Sublett, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Salyersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41465. It stands on Salyer Branch. The Survey maps it on the Salyersville South quadrangle. It stands 883 feet above sea level.

Sublett within Magoffin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

294 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 294 fires within 5 miles of Sublett between 1997 and 2020, burning about 6,924 acres in total. None started naturally. 45 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 burning122
Missing data/not specified/undetermined62
Recreation and ceremony51
Arson/incendiarism45
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
7 September 2010Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBIG LICK
7 September 2007Debris and open burning50 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 September 2007Recreation and ceremony25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2010Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of ForestryJIM ARNETT BRANCH
23 September 2008Debris and open burning40 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
16 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySKAGGS
15 September 2019Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryDANNY BLANTON RD
10 September 2010Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPARKWAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Magoffin County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sublett: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Burning Fork ShaleClayProspect

Every working recorded in Magoffin County

Storms near this place

8 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sublett in 8 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2025Thunderstorm WindSublett$12,000Pictures on social media showed a snapped electric pole with power lines and a transformer on the ground along RC Arnett Road, near the Sublett community. In addition, extensive roofing material was blown off a home in this location, and multiple large tress and branches snapped.
May 2016FloodSublett$1,000Highway 1635 had 3 to 4 inches of water across it and was impassable for a short while.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindSublett-A tree was blown down somewhere along Route-7/Southeast Licking River Road, south of Salyersville.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindSublett-Trees were blown down near KY-7 in the Royalton community.
May 2016Flash FloodSublett-A trained spotter reported Highway 1635 south of Royalton was inundated by Oakley Creek and consequently was impassable.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindSublett-A tree was blown down on Route 7 in Royalton.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindSublett-A tree was blown down on Hwy 7.
January 2010FloodSublett-Oakley Creek was out of its banks and was flooding a portion of Highway 1635 near Royalton, rendering the road impassable.

Every storm recorded in Magoffin 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
Skaggs (historical)0.3 miles14
Royalton0.8 miles14
Swampton1.9 miles14
Marshallville2.5 miles16
Carver2.6 miles14
Bradley2.8 miles14
Mason3.0 miles14
Lakeville3.4 miles14

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 SublettAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7631454The 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 509153. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.