Beauty, 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 41203. It stands on Right Fork Buck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kermit quadrangle. It stands 653 feet above sea level.
On record in Beauty
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Martin Himler Houselisted 1991
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
345 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 345 fires within 5 miles of Beauty between 1992 and 2020, burning about 15,078 acres in total. None started naturally. 142 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 | 142 |
| Debris and open burning | 104 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 54 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 26 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 22 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
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 Beauty: 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 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beauty in 8 storm reports between 2000 and 2011: 4 flash flood, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beauty | $10,000 | Two trees were blown down near the junction of Route 40 and Highway 2031. Trees took down power lines, leaving around 1,000 people without power. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beauty | $5,000 | A tree fell on a house and a utility pole blew down on another residence on Lower Poplar Fork, off of Highway 2031. |
| April 2011 | Flash Flood | Beauty | - | The road was impassable near the intersection of Hwy 2031 and KY Hwy 40. |
| August 2010 | Flash Flood | Beauty | - | Some people had to be rescued from their homes due to rising flood waters in Beauty. |
| April 2005 | Flash Flood | Beauty | - | Three and a half to four feet of water flowing over Highway 2031. |
| February 2004 | Flash Flood | Beauty | - | Route 40 was flooded near the community of Beauty. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beauty | - | Severe thunderstorm winds blew several trees down in the area. |
| October 2006 | Hail | Beauty | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warfield | 1.2 miles | 26 | |
| West Lovely (historical) | 2.1 miles | 26 | |
| Lovely | 2.2 miles | 26 | |
| Pilgrim | 3.0 miles | 26 | |
| Hode | 3.2 miles | 25 | |
| Threeforks | 5.5 miles | 26 | |
| Inez | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| McClure | 5.8 miles | 26 |
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 Beauty | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4877859 | 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 486602. 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.













