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Conway, Kentucky

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Conway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40403. It stands on Clay Lick Branch. The Survey maps it on the Wildie quadrangle.

Conway within Rockcastle County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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.

Photographs

1 photograph, 1916

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Home of Dewey Coffey and family, who is said to be one of the few tenants in the county. Children go to Scafford King School but out for sickness. Location: Rockcastle County--Conway [vicinity], Kentucky
Home of Dewey Coffey and family, who is said to be one of the few tenants in the county. Children go to Scafford King School but out for sickness. Location: Rockcastle County--Conway [vicinity], Kentucky
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1916. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

93 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Conway between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,146 acres in total. None started naturally. 19 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 burning37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Arson/incendiarism19
Recreation and ceremony11
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
23 September 2008Arson/incendiarism12 acresDaniel Boone National ForestGREEN POND
20 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 September 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 September 2008Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 September 2000Debris and open burning1.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
14 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rockcastle 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 Conway: 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
Rockcastle-Garrard Shale ExposureClayProspect

Every working recorded in Rockcastle County

Storms near this place

22 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Conway in 22 storm reports between 2000 and 2026: 9 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 5 hail, 1 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
June 2025Debris FlowConway$10,500Runoff along a sloped hillside caused a tree to fall onto a vehicle and utility lines at the property below along Brindle Ridge Road, near the Conway community.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindConway$2,000There was a tree down blocking the road on Scaffold Cane Branch road.
July 2015Flash FloodConway$1,000Parts of U.S. Hwy 25 in Conway were impassable due to flooding.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindConway-Rockcastle County dispatch reported a tree blown down along North Wilderness Road (US-25) in the 10500 block.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindConway-Rockcastle County dispatch reported a tree blown down on Scaffold Cane Road near MM 3.6.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindConway-Rockcastle County Dispatch reported downed trees along Sinking Valley Springs Road, east of the Conway community.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindConway-A tree was blown down in the 2000 block of Scaffold Cane Road, near the community of Conway, north of Mount Vernon.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindConway-Rockcastle dispatch reported a tree blown don in the 8200 block of North Wilderness Road (US-25) near the community of Conway.
August 2022Flash FloodConway-Water was reported on KY-1505 near the intersection with KY-25.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindConway-Citizens reported a couple of trees and limbs blown down from Conway to Mount Vernon.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindConway-One tree down on McCollum Road near Madison county line and power outages on Chestnut Grove Road.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindConway-Large tree limbs down on Highway 1505 and also along Carter Road.
April 2005Flash FloodConway-Five to eight inches of water flowing over both lanes of Highway 25.
May 2002FloodConway-Standing water was reported over US 25 and Old State Road.
May 2002Flash FloodConway-Heavy rains caused flash flooding on some roads. The depth of the water in one case was over one foot.
August 2001Flash FloodConway-Heavy rains caused water to flow over Highway 25 and Highway 150.
May 2000Flash FloodConway-Heavy rains produced flash flooding on the Little Clear Creek.
April 2015HailConway-no account filed
April 2015HailConway-no account filed
April 2006HailConway-no account filed
November 2002HailConway-no account filed
November 2002HailConway-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Rockcastle 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
Boone2.9 miles18
Roundstone2.9 miles13
Wildie4.1 miles13
Disputanta4.1 miles13
Climax5.8 miles15
Wilmot Church (historical)5.8 miles12
Hummel6.2 miles13
Renfro Valley6.2 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 511504. 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.