Catlettsburg, Kentucky
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Catlettsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41129. It stands on Ice Dam Creek. The Survey maps it on the Catlettsburg quadrangle. 1,780 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 554 feet above sea level.
On record in Catlettsburg
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 4 records
Catlett Houselisted 1973
Kentucky Catlettsburg Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Depotlisted 2012
First United Methodist Churchlisted 1974- Catlettsburg National Banklisted 1973
Population over time
2 figuresCatlettsburg fell from 1,856 to 1,780 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 | 1,856 | |
| 2020 | 1,780 | -76 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 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.
- 1901 USGS Ceredo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1904 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000
- 1913 USGS Ceredo quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Catlettsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Catlettsburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Catlettsburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
1 photograph, 2020Taken 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.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
100 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Catlettsburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 700 acres in total. None started naturally. 23 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 | 35 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | WAYNE AVE. |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ELIZABETH COURT |
| 21 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | RT 75 AND RT 52 INTERSECTION |
| 26 June 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8485 |
| 3 May 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BUCK HAVEN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Catlettsburg: 5 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Iron, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armco Steel/ Ashland, Ky. | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Ashland Oil/ Catlettsburg, Ky. | Sulfur | Unknown | ||
| Clinton Shale Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Burlington Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Burlington Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Jerrys Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Jerrys Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
20 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Catlettsburg in 20 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 4 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Catlettsburg | $100,000 | A narrow band of 2 to 3 inches of rain fell. Paddle Creek flooded and damaged houses. About 8 to 9 houses were affected. A few vehicles were also flooded. |
| March 2021 | Flood | Catlettsburg | $20,000 | In the town of Ashland, the Ohio River rose above its 52 foot flood stage on the second day of March. The river crested at 58 feet on March 3rd and would gradually return to its banks a few days later on the 5th. Backwater caused flooding to occur along Route 3 down into Catlettsburg and surrounding areas of Ashland outside of the flood wall. |
| March 2011 | Flood | Catlettsburg | $20,000 | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catlettsburg | $15,000 | Trees were blown onto power lines. Electric outages occurred. |
| January 1998 | Hail | Catlettsburg | $10,000 | A few vehicles, plus awning on homes, were dented. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catlettsburg | $5,000 | Large branches were blown down. Metal roofing was damaged. A section to a privacy fence was blown away. |
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catlettsburg | $5,000 | Part of a metal roof was blown off a house along Oakland Ave. It landed on a transformer. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catlettsburg | $3,000 | A tree was blown down and fell onto telephone lines, causing a utility pole to break. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catlettsburg | $2,000 | A few trees fell along Terrace Boulevard and along Route 168. |
| February 2022 | Flood | Catlettsburg | $1,000 | High water was observed over Walnut Street along US Route 23 in the city of Catlettsburg. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catlettsburg | $1,000 | Trees were blown down in various locations around town. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catlettsburg | $1,000 | A few trees and several large branches were blown down. |
| February 2025 | Flood | Catlettsburg | $500 | The intersection of Barbecue Road and Barbecue Spur was closed for a period of time due to washed out culvert from storms. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catlettsburg | - | Trees were blown down. |
| September 2012 | Hail | Catlettsburg | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Catlettsburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Catlettsburg | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Catlettsburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Catlettsburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Catlettsburg | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riggs Tract (historical) | 0.1 miles | 23 | |
| Oakland Addition (historical) | 0.6 miles | 23 | |
| Big Sandy Junction | 0.8 miles | 23 | |
| Normal | 2.8 miles | 23 | |
| Chadwick Creek (historical) | 3.1 miles | 22 | |
| Cliffside (historical) | 3.5 miles | 23 | |
| Savage Branch | 4.2 miles | 23 | |
| Geigers Crossing (historical) | 4.4 miles | 22 |
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 Catlettsburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2942981 | 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 489094. 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.









