Coin, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Eubank census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42503. It stands on Salem Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bobtown quadrangle. It stands 945 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.
- 1935 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Bobtown quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
15 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Coin between 1998 and 2019, burning about 2,711 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 March 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GRUNDY |
| 20 March 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 22 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WOODHAVEN DRIVE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Coin: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulaski Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coin in 7 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 3 flood, 2 flash flood, 1 heavy rain, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2019 | Flood | Coin | $1,000 | A trained spotter observed flooding on Coin Road north of Shopville. |
| May 2017 | Flash Flood | Coin | $1,000 | Several feet of water was observed over the road at the intersection of Mark Welborn Rd and Barnesburg road near Shopville. |
| April 2015 | Flood | Coin | $1,000 | Water was covering Mark Welborn Rd. |
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Coin | $200 | A citizen observed Flat Lick Creek overspilling its banks, subsequently leading to high water rushing over Barnesburg Road at the intersection with Mark Welborn Road northwest of Shopville. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coin | - | A tree was partially blocking the highway near the intersection of Mark Welborn Road and Barnesburg Road. |
| May 2020 | Flood | Coin | - | Dispatch relayed a report of water over Barnesburg Road northwest of Shopville. |
| June 2019 | Heavy Rain | Coin | - | A quick moving shower, on top of recent rainfall, led to Flat Lick Creek overflowing its banks onto Barnesburg and Mark Welburn Roads as observed by a trained spotter. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark | 0.9 miles | 9 | |
| Welborn | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Dry Hole (historical) | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Shopville | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Dabney | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| Barnesburg | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| Valley Oak | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Bobtown | 3.3 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 Coin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5141526 | 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 507726. 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.




