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Threeforks, Kentucky

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Threeforks census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41250. It lies near Sycamore Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Kermit quadrangle.

Threeforks within Martin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 26 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

176 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 176 fires within 5 miles of Threeforks between 1997 and 2020, burning about 7,188 acres in total. None started naturally. 35 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 burning74
Missing data/not specified/undetermined46
Arson/incendiarism35
Recreation and ceremony19
Equipment and vehicle use1
Fireworks1

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
23 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryEMILY CREEK ROAD
22 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 September 2008Debris and open burning327 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHWY 1714 CANEY
21 September 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 July 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 June 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryTHICKETY F
9 May 2000Arson/incendiarism20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Martin County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Threeforks: 1 prospect. 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
Highway Roadcut Clay BedClayProspect

Every working recorded in Martin County

Storms near this place

7 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Threeforks in 7 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 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 2002HailThreeforks$5,000Cars were damaged from large hail.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindThreeforks$3,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down along Pigeon Roost Road near the community of Pilgrim.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindThreeforks-Trees were reported down near 2700 Pigeon Roost Road near the community of Pilgrim.
August 2022FloodThreeforks-Pictures on social media show flash flooding along Pigeon Roost Road near the community of Threeforks.
July 2019FloodThreeforks-Dispatch relayed a report of standing water forcing a road closure at the intersection of Kentucky Highway 2032 and Frog Pond Road near Threeforks and Coalpoint.
February 2003Thunderstorm WindThreeforks-Trees were down.
April 1999HailThreeforks-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Martin 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
McClure1.5 miles26
Laura2.6 miles20
Pilgrim3.3 miles26
Moree3.8 miles16
West Lovely (historical)5.0 miles26
Lovely5.4 miles26
Beauty5.5 miles26
Warfield6.1 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509209. 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.