BlockCollins, Kentucky
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Pikeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41501. It stands on Stagger Fork. The Survey maps it on the Pikeville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1890 USGS Whitesburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Whitesburg quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1914 USGS Vergie quadrangle1:48000
- 1916 USGS Pikeville quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Pikeville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Pikeville quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Pikeville quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Pikeville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
240 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 240 fires within 5 miles of Collins between 1997 and 2020, burning about 18,425 acres in total. None started naturally. 55 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 | 76 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 72 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 55 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 34 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MARION BRANCH |
| 7 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 90 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 175 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RAYS BRANCH |
| 27 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RED CEDAR |
| 25 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SHELBY YARD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Collins in 3 storm reports between 2018 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 debris flow. 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | $1,000 | Multiple trees were reported to have been blown down on Collins Street, including one onto a utility line. Trees were also downed onto nearby Collins Highway (KY-122). |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | - | State Police reported several trees blown down onto Collins Highway near the intersection with Buckfield Road just north of the Yeager community. |
| December 2018 | Debris Flow | Collins | - | Kentucky Transportation Cabinet officials reported a major mudslide between Greasy Creek and U.S. Highway 23. This caused a multiple hour traffic detour due to the unstable nature of the hillside. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeager | 0.7 miles | 18 | |
| Robinson Creek | 1.4 miles | 18 | |
| Branham Heights (historical) | 1.5 miles | 18 | |
| Lake Helen Residence (historical) | 1.5 miles | 18 | |
| Upper Little Creek (historical) | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| Crooked Creek (historical) | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Douglas | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Shelbiana | 2.1 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 489851. 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.