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Casey, Kentucky

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Welchs Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42261. It lies near Rockfall Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Welchs Creek quadrangle.

Casey within Butler County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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.

Fires near this place

16 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Casey between 1999 and 2017, burning about 139 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
18 September 2010Railroad operations and maintenance6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestry86 FIRE
30 August 1999Smoking25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 August 2007Railroad operations and maintenance25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 June 2000Equipment and vehicle use3.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 April 2001Arson/incendiarism10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 April 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 March 2001Arson/incendiarism25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butler County

Storms near this place

6 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Casey in 6 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
May 2016Thunderstorm WindCasey$5,000Trees and power lines were reported down in the northern part of Butler County.
February 2025Thunderstorm WindCasey-Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds on Needmore Road.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCasey-Trees were downed along Carl Pharis Road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindCasey-Two trees were blown down by strong winds near Welchs Creek.
April 2015HailCasey-The public reported quarter sized hail fell near Casey.
January 2013FloodCasey-Minor flooding brought water over State Highway 340 near Oak Ridge.

Every storm recorded in Butler 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
Oak Ridge1.1 miles11
Welchs Creek2.2 miles11
Banock2.8 miles12
Dexterville2.8 miles12
Welcome3.2 miles12
Brooklyn3.5 miles11
Grancer3.7 miles11
Neafus4.2 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507664. 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.