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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 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
- 1915 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:48000
- 1915 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Meta quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Meta quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Meta quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
8 of 9 photographs shown, 2020Taken 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.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Every photograph of Pike County
Fires near this place
146 since 1997Regional 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 burning | 51 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 42 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 23 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 130 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WINN BRANCH |
| 30 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BILL KING HOLLOW |
| 25 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 September 2007 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 58 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RATLIFFS CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2022 | Flash Flood | Zebulon | $50,000 | A mobile home park was flooded in the community of Zebulon. |
| April 2007 | Flash Flood | Zebulon | $20,000 | Several 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zebulon | $5,000 | Trees were blown down across Zebulon Hwy and a privacy fence was blown down. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zebulon | $3,000 | A tree was blown down onto some power lines and into the road half a mile up Racoon Creek. |
| May 1996 | Hail | Zebulon | $2,000 | no account filed |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zebulon | - | A tree was blown down in Zebulon near Hwy 119. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Zebulon | - | Flash flooding was reported on the Frozen Creek branch of Raccoon Creek. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Zebulon | - | A vehicle was stuck in high water at the mouth of Grassy Creek on Raccoon Creek. |
| January 2002 | Flood | Zebulon | - | Lower Johns Creek was out of its banks, and was flooding fields and low lying area. |
| December 2000 | Flood | Zebulon | - | Heavy rains produced mudslides along Zebulon Highway. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grassy Branch (historical) | 2.2 miles | 20 | |
| Meta | 3.0 miles | 20 | |
| Blackburn Bottom | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Raccoon | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Bevins Branch (historical) | 3.9 miles | 20 | |
| Joes Creek (historical) | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Keel Addition (historical) | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Lower Chloe (historical) | 4.4 miles | 18 |
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.










