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Walnut Flat, Kentucky

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Crab Orchard census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40484. The Survey maps it on the Crab Orchard quadrangle. It stands 942 feet above sea level.

Walnut Flat within Lincoln County

On record in Walnut Flat

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

29 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Walnut Flat between 1998 and 2020, burning about 648 acres in total. None 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/undetermined12
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism7

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
21 September 2020Debris and open burning40 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPETTIT
28 August 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 May 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
1 May 2001Arson/incendiarism25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 April 2013Arson/incendiarism40 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySOUTH FORK
5 March 2000Arson/incendiarism50 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
31 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPINE GROVE
24 March 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Walnut Flat: 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Eastside Roadcut Clay BedFire Clay (Refractory)Prospect
Roadcut Clay BedFire Clay (Refractory)Prospect
Westside Roadcut Clay BedFire Clay (Refractory)Prospect

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this place

4 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Walnut Flat in 4 storm reports between 2018 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2025Thunderstorm WindWalnut Flat-A tree was blown down, blocking one lane of Preachersville Road.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindWalnut Flat-Multiple instances of structural damage from strong winds were observed between Stanford and Crab Orchard. Barns were damaged, galvanized steel roof panels were removed, a chimney was destroyed, and a silo was also damaged.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindWalnut Flat-Trees were blown down and shingle damage occurred near the US Route 150 and Boone Road.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindWalnut Flat-State officials reported trees down on Preachersville Road.

Every storm recorded in Lincoln 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
Avondale (historical)2.0 miles7
Maywood2.3 miles7
Sugar Grove2.7 miles7
Colliers Store (historical)3.2 miles7
Pine Grove (historical)3.2 miles7
Preachersville3.2 miles12
Rowland3.4 miles13
West Lynn (historical)3.6 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 Walnut FlatAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7963577The 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 509308. 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.