Conley, Kentucky
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Salyersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41465. It stands on Beartree Fork. The Survey maps it on the Oil Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1886 USGS Prestonsburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Prestonsburg quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1915 USGS Paintsville quadrangle1:48000
- 1917 USGS Paintsville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Oil Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Oil Springs quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Oil Springs quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
361 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 361 fires within 5 miles of Conley between 1997 and 2020, burning about 9,210 acres in total. None started naturally. 61 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 | 143 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 92 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 61 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 48 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 2010 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BIG LICK |
| 7 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FALCON |
| 25 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | JIM ARNETT BRANCH |
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SKATING RINK HILL |
| 24 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
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 Conley: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burning Fork Shale | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Conley in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2022: 1 flood, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2019 | Flood | Conley | $40,000 | Several observers reported flooding in and around Salyersville on the evening of the 23rd into the 24th. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Conley | - | Flowing water was surrounding a residence along US-460 just west of the Magoffin/Johnson county line. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mashfork | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Painters Lick (historical) | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Burning Fork | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Falcon | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Ivyton | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Bradley | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Stringtown | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Mason | 4.4 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507745. 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.









