BlockCoiltown, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Nebo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42441. The Survey maps it on the Coiltown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1907 USGS Earlington quadrangle1:48000
- 1909 USGS Earlington quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Coiltown quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Earlington quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Madisonville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
13 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Coiltown between 2000 and 2014, burning about 338 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LIGHTNING |
| 13 July 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BURNT BUZZ |
| 12 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | JOHNSON ISLAND CEM . RD. |
| 7 March 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 75 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 150 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coiltown in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coiltown | $1,000 | A tree was downed by thunderstorm winds on Madison St south of Nebo. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colitown Junction | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| Nebo | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Johnson Island (historical) | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Manitou | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Yarbro | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Rabbit Ridge | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Pleasant View (historical) | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Oriole | 5.4 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 489785. 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.