Co-Operative, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Co-operative census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42647. It stands on Wolfpen Branch. The Survey maps it on the Barthell quadrangle. It stands 873 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1934 USGS Barthell quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Barthell quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
77 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Co-Operative between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,111 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 35 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 | 35 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 150 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | MOUNTAIN VIEW |
| 16 July 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area | WILSON RIDGE |
| 24 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | HOT ROCK |
| 11 June 2007 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | RANKIN |
| 18 May 2001 | Debris and open burning | 341 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Co-Operative: 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yamacraw Sandstone Roadcut | Silica | Prospect | ||
| Highway 1363 Roadcut | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Whitley Clay Bed | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Co-Operative in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2021: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2019 | Flood | Co Operative | $500 | Dispatch relayed a report of water over the road in Co-Operative. |
| March 2021 | Flood | Co Operative | - | Dispatch reported that Hwy 1363 is closed between mile markers 5 and 8 due to high water on road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Oak Junction | 1.0 miles | 9 | |
| Fidelity | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| Oz | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Blue Heron | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Comargo | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Big South Fork (historical) | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Worley | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Yamacraw | 4.1 miles | 9 |
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 Co-Operative | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5137415 | 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 511429. 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.




