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Beverly, Kentucky

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Pineville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40913. It stands on Lawson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Beverly quadrangle. It stands 1,276 feet above sea level.

Beverly within Bell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

1 photograph, 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.

Administrative center of the Red Bird Missionary Conference, a United Methodist Church facility deep in the Kentucky hills, near the town of Beverly
Administrative center of the Red Bird Missionary Conference, a United Methodist Church facility deep in the Kentucky hills, near the town of Beverly
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

159 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Beverly between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,084 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 46 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 burning69
Arson/incendiarism46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined38
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Natural1

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
30 September 2007Debris and open burning30 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 September 2007Debris and open burning17 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 September 2007Debris and open burning4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
14 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBUCK HOLLOW FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bell County

Storms near this place

19 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beverly in 19 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 5 flood, 4 flash 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
February 2012Thunderstorm WindBeverly$5,000Trees were blown down on Cow Fork Rd 1 mile southeast of Beverly.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindBeverly$2,000A tree was blown down at the intersection of Highways 66 and 2011. Power outages were reported across the county.
February 2018FloodBeverly$1,000Water was covering Mud Lick Road near Beverly.
June 2016Flash FloodBeverly$1,000Department of Highways officials reported portions of Kentucky Highway 221 and Kentucky Highway 66 across eastern Bell County impassable due to flowing water and debris. A trained spotter southwest of Beverly reported that Red Bird Creek was flowing out of its banks. This was producing a few inches of flowing water across Highway 2011 near the intersection of Mud Lick Branch Road.
August 2016Flash FloodBeverly$1,000A trained spotter observed over one foot of water flowing across Kentucky Highway 2011 southwest of Beverly. Portions of Mud Lick Branch Road as well as an upstream bridge were washed away.
March 2015FloodBeverly$1,000Water of unknown depth from Red Bird Creek was flowing across Hwy 2011.
December 2015Flash FloodBeverly$1,000Flowing water almost reached the bottom of a car door on Mud Lick Branch Road.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindBeverly$1,000One tree was blown down on KY Highway 2011.
July 2016Flash FloodBeverly$100A trained spotter observed nearly seven inches of water flowing across Kentucky Highway 2011 in Beverly.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindBeverly-A trained spotter reported one tree was blown down onto KY-2011 between MM 7 and 8, or approximately 0.1 miles south of intersection of KY-2011 with Sturgill Lane.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBeverly-Two trees were blown down onto Mud Lick Road near the community of Beverly.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBeverly-A tree was blown down at the intersection of KY-2011 and Cow Fork in the community of Beverly.
February 2019FloodBeverly-A trained spotter observed water over Kentucky Highway 2011 near Beverly.
February 2019FloodBeverly-A trained spotter observed water over Kentucky Highway 2011 near Mud Lick Branch Road south of Beverly.
April 2017FloodBeverly-A trained spotter reported water flowing over Kentucky Highway 2011 in Beverly.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindBeverly-Multiple large tree limbs were blown down.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindBeverly-A large tree was blown down near Hwy 2011 on Old House Branch.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindBeverly-Large tree branches were blown down and onto Hwy 2011.
August 2002HailBeverly-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bell 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
Field4.5 miles18
Nugym (historical)5.3 miles18
Stoney Fork6.8 miles18
Jaybel7.1 miles18
Laurel Ford8.1 miles18
Rella8.5 miles18
Cardinal8.9 miles18
Blackmont9.6 miles18

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 BeverlyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4899454The 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 510587. 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.