Sunfish, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Sunfish census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42210. It lies near Little Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Bee Spring quadrangle. It stands 535 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1922 USGS Leitchfield quadrangle1:48000
- 1925 USGS Leitchfield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Bee Spring quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Bee Spring quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
28 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Sunfish between 1997 and 2018, burning about 1,455 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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/undetermined | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 400 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 April 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | KEY CEMETE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sunfish in 10 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Sunfish | $30,000 | A storm damage survey team concluded that an EF-1 tornado with wind speeds of 100 miles per hour touched down in northwest Edmonson county at 540 pm CDT Saturday April 24 2010. The 50 yard wide damage path started near Sunfish and traveled east southeast for 1.1 miles. A well built home suffered significant damage along with a shed that was destroyed. Also, several outbuildings were damaged and numerous hardwood and softwood trees were wither uprooted or snapped. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunfish | $10,000 | A trained spotter reported a 100 pound roof blown off a livestock building and moved 50 feet. Tree limbs 5 to 6 inches in diameter were down as well. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Sunfish | - | State Road 187 was closed due to high water. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunfish | - | A tree was snapped and destroyed a chicken coop in Sunfish. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunfish | - | Trees were reported down on Sunny Point Road and Highway 1075, near Sunfish. |
| April 2011 | Flood | Sunfish | - | Dispatch reported road closures on Cedar Grove Church Rd. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunfish | - | Several trees were blown down in the northwestern part of the county near the communities of Roundfield and Lindseyville. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunfish | - | Trees and power lines were downed. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Sunfish | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Sunfish | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prosperity | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Black Gold | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Huff | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Nash | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Big Reedy | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Bee Spring | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Slate Bank (historical) | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Broadway | 5.2 miles | 13 |
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 Sunfish | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7639984 | 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 509161. 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.







