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Tatumsville, Kentucky

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Calvert City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42025. It stands on Bloodyshin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Briensburg quadrangle.

Tatumsville within Marshall 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

19 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Tatumsville between 1998 and 2016, burning about 216 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Recreation and ceremony9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2010Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryWHISPERING HILLS
5 September 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPINE LOGS
23 September 2015Recreation and ceremony10 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLITTLE BEAR CREEK FIRE
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMARSHALL
27 August 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 June 2007Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marshall County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Tatumsville: 2 prospects. 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
Briensburg ShaleClayProspect
West-Of-Highway ClayClayProspect

Every working recorded in Marshall County

Storms near this place

10 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tatumsville in 10 storm reports between 2003 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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 2019Tornado (EF1)Tatumsville$1,000,000A very brief tornado with maximum estimated winds of 100 mph damaged part of a marina on Kentucky Lake. A 50-yard section of the marina was twisted and overturned. This was one of three sections that extended into Kentucky Lake. A boat that was docked in this part of the marina was lifted onto the debris. The entire marina structure was shifted several feet and pulled away from the shore, dislodging several spud poles that anchored the floating marina structure to the lake bottom.
January 2012Thunderstorm WindTatumsville$25,000A large metal shed sustained moderate damage. At least one metal exterior wall panel was pushed in, and the roof was partially blown off. A large hay barn was heavily damaged. A side wall of the barn was completely blown off. Several trees were blown down, and a couple trees were snapped off.
April 2022Tornado (EF0)Tatumsville$8,000The siding of a house was damaged. A porch roof was damaged. A small chicken coop was destroyed, and a barn roof was blown off. A few trees were damaged. Peak winds were estimated near 85 mph.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindTatumsville$6,000A three-foot diameter tree was snapped near Fairdealing. Trees were blown down and snapped in a neighborhood off Highway 963 near Kentucky Lake.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindTatumsville$5,000A carport was blown into a yard. A few shingles were blown off.
February 2022Flash FloodTatumsville-Flooding was reported on U.S. Highway 641 between Draffenville and Kentucky Dam.
March 2016FloodTatumsville-Several roads were closed in flood-prone areas. Water was over several parts of a county road between Briensburg and Tatumville. A mesonet site near Benton measured 3.25 inches in 24 hours.
March 2015Heavy RainTatumsville-A secondary road was underwater between Gilbertsville and Draffenville. A storm-total rainfall of 2.26 inches was reported by an off-duty meteorologist at Calvert City.
April 2011HailTatumsville-Hail slightly larger than golf balls came from this storm, which had already tracked northeast across the Benton and Draffenville areas.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindTatumsville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marshall 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
Bethel1.5 miles13
Draffenville1.9 miles13
Briensburg2.2 miles13
Locust Grove (historical)2.2 miles13
Pugh (historical)2.7 miles13
Scale3.4 miles13
Little Bear Creek3.8 miles15
Marshall3.9 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 504979. 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.