Warbranch, Kentucky
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Mozelle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40874. It lies near Buck Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Helton quadrangle. It stands 1,263 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 25 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1887 USGS Jonesville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Jonesville quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1903 USGS Harlan quadrangle1:48000
- 1916 USGS Harlan quadrangle1:48000
- 1919 USGS Harlan quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Helton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Helton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Middlesboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
202 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 202 fires within 5 miles of Warbranch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18,781 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 55 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 burning | 77 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 63 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 55 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 500 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | POTATO KNOB |
| 28 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 75 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | RAVEN ROCK |
| 14 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BUCK HOLLOW FIRE |
| 24 June 2014 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | COW CK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Warbranch in 6 storm reports between 2000 and 2012: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2000 | Flash Flood | Warbranch | $5,000 | Heavy rains caused flash flooding down the middle fork of the Kentucky River. The crest of the flood water was carrying a large amount of debris which cause damming along the river. This caused flooding at the intersection of Stinnett-Wendover roads and washed several bridges out. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warbranch | $3,000 | One tree and a few large limbs were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warbranch | $1,000 | One tree was blown down on KY Highway 1850. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warbranch | - | Trees down. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Warbranch | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Warbranch | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce Pine | 2.3 miles | 25 | |
| Helton | 3.2 miles | 25 | |
| Saylor | 4.0 miles | 25 | |
| Mozelle | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Roark | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Chappell | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Asher | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Upper Laurel Fork (historical) | 6.9 miles | 25 |
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 Warbranch | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14691498 | The 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 516225. 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.











