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Tyner, Kentucky

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Annville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40486. It stands on Grassy Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tyner quadrangle. It stands 1,184 feet above sea level.

Tyner within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

275 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 275 fires within 5 miles of Tyner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,178 acres in total. None started naturally. 39 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 burning116
Missing data/not specified/undetermined81
Arson/incendiarism39
Recreation and ceremony36
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 2008Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 September 1998Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 September 1999Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 September 1999Arson/incendiarism20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 September 1999Arson/incendiarism20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

15 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tyner in 15 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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
September 2020Flash FloodTyner$10,000Swift water of over 6 inches was reported flowing across portions of Hwy 421, Hwy 3630, and Creech Hollow Road, making them impassible. Videos of flooding were posted on social media.
September 2020FloodTyner$4,000The junction of KY-421 and KY-3630 was closed due to high water in the town of Tyner. Local dispatch also reported that traffic was backed up for a quarter of a mile because of the closure.
May 2025HailTyner-Photos on social media showed hailstones estimated to be 2 to 3 inches in diameter around the Tyner Lake (Beulah Lake) area of Jackson County.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindTyner-Jackson County Dispatch reported a tree down near the intersection of US-421 and KY-30 in Tyner, KY.
May 2020FloodTyner-Local media reported flooding of low lying and poor drainage areas near Tyner.
March 2018HailTyner-A trained spotter observed quarter sized hail near Tyner.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindTyner-A tree was blown down and across a road in Tyner.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindTyner-Trees were blown down and across Hwy 3630 and Moore Rd.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindTyner-Trees were blown down.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindTyner-Power lines were blown down in Tyner.
August 2013Heavy RainTyner-Two rock slides caused by heavy rain occurred near the Clay county line and on KY 30E at the 18 mile marker in Tyner.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindTyner-Several large tree limbs were blown down onto Hwy 30 between Tyner and the Owsley county line.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindTyner-A tree was blown down and onto a house.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindTyner-Trees were down.
July 2004Flash FloodTyner-Two to three feet of water was across the road at the junction of Highways 421 and 30.

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Zekes Point0.9 miles13
Mildred1.4 miles13
Herd2.0 miles13
Maulden2.0 miles13
Oak Grove (historical)2.1 miles13
Welchburg2.2 miles13
Egypt2.3 miles13
Blooming Grove (historical)3.1 miles13

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 TynerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7860531The 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 516089. 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.