Warfield, Kentucky
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Warfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41267. It stands on Buck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kermit quadrangle. 264 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 630 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWarfield fell from 269 to 264 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 269 | |
| 2020 | 264 | -5 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 26 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 Warfield quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Warfield quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1910 USGS Naugatuck quadrangle1:48000
- 1912 USGS Naugatuck quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Naugatuck quadrangle1:48000
- 1917 USGS Naugatuck quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1926 USGS Naugatuck quadrangle1:62500
- 1928 USGS Naugatuck quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Kermit quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Kermit quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Kermit quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
358 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 358 fires within 5 miles of Warfield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,928 acres in total. None started naturally. 161 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 161 |
| Debris and open burning | 104 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 49 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 22 |
| Other causes | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | LITTLE BILLY'S BR |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | OLD KERMIT GRADE SCHOOL |
| 23 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | EMILY CREEK ROAD |
| 22 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.1 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | MARROWBONE JUNCTION |
| 21 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 2002 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | PARSLEY BRANCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Warfield: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highway Roadcut Clay Bed | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Warfield in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warfield | $5,000 | There were trees blown down on route 292 Hode road in Warfield. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warfield | $3,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down along Hode Road in the community of Warfield. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warfield | $2,000 | Trees were blown down in Warfield. |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warfield | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warfield | - | Trees were downed on Beauty Road (KY-40) somewhere near Warfield and Beauty. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warfield | - | Trees down on Little Elk and Hode Road. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warfield | - | Trees were blown down on Hwy 292. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Warfield | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beauty | 1.2 miles | 26 | |
| Lovely | 1.5 miles | 26 | |
| West Lovely (historical) | 1.6 miles | 26 | |
| Hode | 2.9 miles | 25 | |
| Pilgrim | 3.1 miles | 26 | |
| Threeforks | 6.1 miles | 26 | |
| McClure | 6.6 miles | 26 | |
| Inez | 6.6 miles | 16 |
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 Warfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2694505 | 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 506226. 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.













