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Zebulon, Kentucky

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Raccoon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41501. It stands on Knob Fork. The Survey maps it on the Meta quadrangle.

Zebulon within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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.

Photographs

8 of 9 photographs shown, 2020

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Artist Damon Farmer's bear-like figures at the historic McCoy House in Pikeville, an eastern Kentucky city named for General Zebulon Pike, the explorer who discovered Pikes Peak in Colorado
Artist Damon Farmer's bear-like figures at the historic McCoy House in Pikeville, an eastern Kentucky city named for General Zebulon Pike, the explorer who discovered Pikes Peak in Colorado
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Bridgett's Quilting and Fabric Shop in Pikeville, an eastern Kentucky city named for General Zebulon Pike, the explorer who discovered Pikes Peak in Colorado
Bridgett's Quilting and Fabric Shop in Pikeville, an eastern Kentucky city named for General Zebulon Pike, the explorer who discovered Pikes Peak in Colorado
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
The steep hillsides outside Pikeville, an eastern Kentucky city named for General Zebulon Pike, the explorer who discovered Pikes Peak in Colorado, take on a (possibly manmade) terraced look
The steep hillsides outside Pikeville, an eastern Kentucky city named for General Zebulon Pike, the explorer who discovered Pikes Peak in Colorado, take on a (possibly manmade) terraced look
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
A catchy wall sign touting downtown shopping in Pikeville, an eastern Kentucky city named for General Zebulon Pike, the explorer who discovered Pikes Peak in Colorado
A catchy wall sign touting downtown shopping in Pikeville, an eastern Kentucky city named for General Zebulon Pike, the explorer who discovered Pikes Peak in Colorado
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
The Dairy Cheer restaurant in Pikeville, an eastern Kentucky city named for General Zebulon Pike, the explorer who discovered Pikes Peak in Colorado
The Dairy Cheer restaurant in Pikeville, an eastern Kentucky city named for General Zebulon Pike, the explorer who discovered Pikes Peak in Colorado
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
One of many steep and rugged hillsides forms a backdrop for the Dosie Dairy Bar in Pikeville, an eastern Kentucky city named for General Zebulon Pike, the explorer who discovered Pikes Peak in Colorado
One of many steep and rugged hillsides forms a backdrop for the Dosie Dairy Bar in Pikeville, an eastern Kentucky city named for General Zebulon Pike, the explorer who discovered Pikes Peak in Colorado
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
A bear statue, one of many, in Pikeville, an eastern Kentucky city named for General Zebulon Pike, the explorer who discovered Pikes Peak in Colorado
A bear statue, one of many, in Pikeville, an eastern Kentucky city named for General Zebulon Pike, the explorer who discovered Pikes Peak in Colorado
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
The Pikeville Drag Racing site in downtown Pikeville, an eastern Kentucky city named for General Zebulon Pike, the explorer who discovered Pikes Peak in Colorado
The Pikeville Drag Racing site in downtown Pikeville, an eastern Kentucky city named for General Zebulon Pike, the explorer who discovered Pikes Peak in Colorado
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress

Every photograph of Pike County

Fires near this place

146 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Zebulon between 1997 and 2020, burning about 11,300 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 26 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 burning51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined42
Arson/incendiarism26
Recreation and ceremony23
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
4 September 2007Debris and open burning130 acresKentucky Division of ForestryWINN BRANCH
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined11 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBILL KING HOLLOW
25 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 September 2007Natural2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 September 2007Debris and open burning58 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 September 2019Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryRATLIFFS CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Storms near this place

10 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Zebulon in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 4 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2022Flash FloodZebulon$50,000A mobile home park was flooded in the community of Zebulon.
April 2007Flash FloodZebulon$20,000Several houses and businesses on Kentucky Highway 1441 surrounded by water from Coons Creek. Also the Willow Trailer Court has numerous trailers surrounded by water.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindZebulon$5,000Trees were blown down across Zebulon Hwy and a privacy fence was blown down.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindZebulon$3,000A tree was blown down onto some power lines and into the road half a mile up Racoon Creek.
May 1996HailZebulon$2,000no account filed
October 2014Thunderstorm WindZebulon-A tree was blown down in Zebulon near Hwy 119.
June 2009Flash FloodZebulon-Flash flooding was reported on the Frozen Creek branch of Raccoon Creek.
June 2009Flash FloodZebulon-A vehicle was stuck in high water at the mouth of Grassy Creek on Raccoon Creek.
January 2002FloodZebulon-Lower Johns Creek was out of its banks, and was flooding fields and low lying area.
December 2000FloodZebulon-Heavy rains produced mudslides along Zebulon Highway.

Every storm recorded in Pike 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
Grassy Branch (historical)2.2 miles20
Meta3.0 miles20
Blackburn Bottom3.1 miles20
Raccoon3.3 miles18
Bevins Branch (historical)3.9 miles20
Joes Creek (historical)4.1 miles15
Keel Addition (historical)4.3 miles18
Lower Chloe (historical)4.4 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507271. 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.