Argo, Kentucky
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Phelps census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41568. It stands on Camp Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hurley quadrangle. It stands 892 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1886 USGS Grundy quadrangle1:125000
- 1890 USGS Grundy quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Grundy quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1914 USGS Hurley quadrangle1:48000
- 1915 USGS Hurley quadrangle1:48000
- 1915 USGS Hurley quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Hurley quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Hurley quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Hurley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Pikeville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
152 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Argo between 1992 and 2019, burning about 9,481 acres in total. None started naturally. 47 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 | 55 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 47 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WOODMAN CREEK RD. |
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HURRICANE CREEK |
| 21 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 46 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FERRELL ROAD |
| 3 May 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Virginia Department of Forestry | not named |
| 1 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 95 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 April 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 36 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | OWENS FORK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Argo in 1 storm report in 2012: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Flash Flood | Argo | $1,000 | Camp Creek was reported out of its banks. Rock slides were also reported nearby. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hurricane (historical) | 1.1 miles | 20 | |
| Camp Creek (historical) | 1.3 miles | 20 | |
| Stopover | 2.9 miles | 23 | |
| Woodman | 3.0 miles | 23 | |
| Paw Paw | 3.9 miles | 20 | |
| Jamboree | 4.1 miles | 20 | |
| Majestic | 4.2 miles | 23 | |
| Arrow (historical) | 4.9 miles | 24 |
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 Argo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4789607 | 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 486024. 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.











