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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.

Sunfish within Edmonson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

28 since 1997

Regional 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/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism8
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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
30 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use400 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined11 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 April 2001Arson/incendiarism15 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
20 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 April 2010Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 April 1997Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 April 2010Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 March 2012Debris and open burning9.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryKEY CEMETE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Edmonson County

Storms near this place

10 since 2004

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2010Tornado (EF1)Sunfish$30,000A 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 2016Thunderstorm WindSunfish$10,000A 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 2025Flash FloodSunfish-State Road 187 was closed due to high water.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindSunfish-A tree was snapped and destroyed a chicken coop in Sunfish.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindSunfish-Trees were reported down on Sunny Point Road and Highway 1075, near Sunfish.
April 2011FloodSunfish-Dispatch reported road closures on Cedar Grove Church Rd.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindSunfish-Several trees were blown down in the northwestern part of the county near the communities of Roundfield and Lindseyville.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindSunfish-Trees and power lines were downed.
April 2011HailSunfish-no account filed
May 2006HailSunfish-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Edmonson 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
Prosperity3.3 miles13
Black Gold3.3 miles13
Huff3.3 miles13
Nash3.6 miles13
Big Reedy4.0 miles13
Bee Spring4.5 miles13
Slate Bank (historical)4.7 miles13
Broadway5.2 miles13

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 SunfishAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7639984The 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.