Tannery, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Garrison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41179. It stands on Wolf Creek. The Survey maps it on the Garrison quadrangle.
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.
- 1915 USGS Garrison quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS Garrison quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Garrison quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1951 USGS Garrison quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
50 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Tannery between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,000 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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 | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 May 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 214 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LOWER TWIN BRANCH |
| 5 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tannery in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 3 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tannery | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused extensive damage to a residence. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Tannery | $1,000 | Road closed due to high water. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Tannery | - | Rapidly rising water from Rock Run impacted Rock Run Road and approached nearby homes. |
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | Tannery | - | Several hours of heavy rainfall caused county creeks and streams to rise out of their banks. Evacuations occurred in Tannery. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Tannery | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Bruce (historical) | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Rugless | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Buena Vista | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Garrison | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Rexton | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Vanceburg | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Kinniconick | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Quincy | 7.1 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509185. 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.







