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Triplett, Kentucky

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Hilda-Triplett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40351. It stands on Nickell Branch. The Survey maps it on the Cranston quadrangle. It stands 820 feet above sea level.

Triplett within Rowan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Triplett between 1992 and 2018, burning about 651 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Debris and open burning13
Arson/incendiarism7
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural1

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
25 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestBIG PERRY
22 September 2007Debris and open burning16 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
16 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 August 2002Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 May 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestHALE ROAD
3 May 2015Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFLEMING FORK
12 May 1999Natural1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rowan 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 Triplett: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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
Ford Burchett MineClayProducer

Every working recorded in Rowan County

Storms near this place

10 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Triplett in 10 storm reports between 2003 and 2022: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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
March 2012Thunderstorm WindTriplett$15,000A barn was destroyed by thunderstorm wind gusts in Triplett.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindTriplett$5,000A couple of 8 inch diameter locust trees and several large limbs were blown down.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindTriplett$2,000A large tree limb was blown down onto a residence.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindTriplett$800Emergency Management reported Kentucky Highway 799 closed at Interstate 64 due to multiple downed trees and power lines.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindTriplett-A tree was blown down and on Holly Fork Road just north of Morehead.
April 2020Funnel CloudTriplett-Emergency Management observed a funnel cloud near Triplett.
April 2020HailTriplett-Emergency Management observed nickel sized hail near Triplett.
July 2010Flash FloodTriplett-People had to be resuced from numerous trailer homes in Triplett.
March 2004HailTriplett-Penny size hail fell in Cranston.
May 2003HailTriplett-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Rowan 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
Cranston2.9 miles8
Waltz3.0 miles8
Hays Crossing4.4 miles10
Gates4.4 miles10
Haldeman5.0 miles8
Big Brushy (historical)5.5 miles8
Smile5.6 miles8
Rodburn6.6 miles11

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 TriplettAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7843590The 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 516022. 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.