Tanner, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Magnolia-Upton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42776. It stands on Chestnut Fork. The Survey maps it on the Tonieville quadrangle. It stands 823 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1935 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Tonieville quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Tonieville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Tonieville quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Tonieville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
11 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Tanner between 1999 and 2019, burning about 274 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WONDERLAND RD. |
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 December 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 October 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CATLETT FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tanner in 5 storm reports between 2013 and 2022: 4 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2022 | Flash Flood | Tanner | - | Hawkins Roads was closed due to flood waters from Walters Creek flowing over it. |
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | Tanner | - | Tanner Road was closed due to water over the roadway. |
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | Tanner | - | Fast moving water was flowing over Hawkins Road at Dye Creek. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tanner | - | A Kentucky state official reported trees down on the road near the intersection of Milby Lane and Hawkins Road. |
| April 2013 | Flash Flood | Tanner | - | The public reported water flowing over Cruse Road, located 1 mile north of Maxine. Nearby, at around the same time, a spotter reported water flowing over Parker Grove Road. An unofficial report from the public mentioned that around 5 inches of rain fall within a 2 hour period over an isolated location near Magnolia. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keith (historical) | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Mathers Mill | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Boundary Oak | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Maxine | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| In The Bark of Wonderland (historical) | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| South Buffalo | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Buffalo | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Magnolia | 5.0 miles | 9 |
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 Tanner | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7683629 | 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 509184. 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.









