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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.

Conley within Magoffin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

361 since 1997

Regional 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 burning143
Missing data/not specified/undetermined92
Arson/incendiarism61
Recreation and ceremony48
Equipment and vehicle use7
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2010Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBIG LICK
7 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFALCON
25 September 2010Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of ForestryJIM ARNETT BRANCH
25 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 2019Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySKATING RINK HILL
24 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
20 September 2008Debris and open burning6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Magoffin County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Burning Fork ShaleClayProspect

Every working recorded in Magoffin County

Storms near this place

2 since 2019

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2019FloodConley$40,000Several observers reported flooding in and around Salyersville on the evening of the 23rd into the 24th.
July 2022Flash FloodConley-Flowing water was surrounding a residence along US-460 just west of the Magoffin/Johnson county line.

Every storm recorded in Magoffin County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Mashfork1.6 miles15
Painters Lick (historical)2.6 miles17
Burning Fork2.7 miles14
Falcon2.9 miles15
Ivyton3.0 miles16
Bradley3.2 miles14
Stringtown3.8 miles15
Mason4.4 miles14

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.