Cogswell, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Morehead census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40351. It stands on Billy Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bangor quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1929 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:48000
- 1935 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Bangor quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Bangor quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
55 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Cogswell between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,523 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | LAKESIDE |
| 25 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | LOCKEGEE ROAD |
| 14 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | ZILPO |
| 13 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | LOCKEGEE |
| 2 June 2008 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | GEORGE 2 |
| 22 May 1997 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | NO WAY |
| 9 April 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | GRAVEYARD BRANCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Cogswell: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Heirs Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Plant C Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Plant K Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Sweetnam Mine | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cogswell in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cogswell | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 72 mph was measured at a private weather station located at the Cave Run Lake marina. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cogswell | - | Trees were reported down on Hwy 801. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluestone | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Lakeview Heights | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Farmers | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Mount Hope (historical) | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Lick Fork | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Bangor | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Clearfield | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Brady | 5.7 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 511452. 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.






