Auxier, Kentucky
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Prestonsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41602. It lies near Jockey Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Prestonsburg quadrangle. 715 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 761 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAuxier grew from 669 to 715 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 | 669 | |
| 2020 | 715 | +46 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 17 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 Prestonsburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Prestonsburg quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1915 USGS Prestonsburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Prestonsburg quadrangle1:48000
- 1918 USGS Prestonsburg quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Prestonsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Prestonsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Prestonsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Prestonsburg quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
210 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 210 fires within 5 miles of Auxier between 1997 and 2020, burning about 5,760 acres in total. None started naturally. 48 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 | 72 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 48 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 42 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | COLEMAN BRANCH |
| 9 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROUTE 302 |
| 9 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ABBOTT MTN |
| 7 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Auxier: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Point Roadcut | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Levisa Fork Sandstone Pit | Silica | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Auxier in 11 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 9 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auxier | $5,000 | Several trees were uprooted in and near a trailer park in Auxier. |
| January 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auxier | $2,000 | Garage blown off. |
| December 2013 | Flood | Auxier | $1,000 | Routes 321 and 3 at the entrance of Dewey Lake were closed due to a land slide. |
| February 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auxier | $1,000 | Trees were down and shingles were blown off of roofs. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auxier | - | A tree was blown down onto a powerline near the community of Auxier. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auxier | - | County dispatch reported a tree blown down by thunderstorm winds on KY-302 between one half and one mile before Dewey Dam. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auxier | - | Several trees and limbs were blown down in the Auxier community. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auxier | - | Large tree limbs were blown down. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auxier | - | A tree was blown down in Auxier. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auxier | - | Trees were blown down along Kentucky Highway 321. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Auxier | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bays Branch | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Cliff | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| West Prestonsburg | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Whitaker | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Lancer | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Prestonsburg | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Bull Creek | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| Bonanza | 6.4 miles | 17 |
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 Auxier | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4827275 | 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 486154. 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.











