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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1893 USGS London quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS London quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Wildie quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Wildie quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
1 photograph, 1916Taken 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.
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1916. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
93 since 1997Regional 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 burning | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | GREEN POND |
| 20 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockcastle-Garrard Shale Exposure | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
22 since 2000Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Debris Flow | Conway | $10,500 | Runoff 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conway | $2,000 | There was a tree down blocking the road on Scaffold Cane Branch road. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Conway | $1,000 | Parts of U.S. Hwy 25 in Conway were impassable due to flooding. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conway | - | Rockcastle County dispatch reported a tree blown down along North Wilderness Road (US-25) in the 10500 block. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conway | - | Rockcastle County dispatch reported a tree blown down on Scaffold Cane Road near MM 3.6. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conway | - | Rockcastle County Dispatch reported downed trees along Sinking Valley Springs Road, east of the Conway community. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conway | - | A tree was blown down in the 2000 block of Scaffold Cane Road, near the community of Conway, north of Mount Vernon. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conway | - | Rockcastle dispatch reported a tree blown don in the 8200 block of North Wilderness Road (US-25) near the community of Conway. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Conway | - | Water was reported on KY-1505 near the intersection with KY-25. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conway | - | Citizens reported a couple of trees and limbs blown down from Conway to Mount Vernon. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conway | - | One tree down on McCollum Road near Madison county line and power outages on Chestnut Grove Road. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conway | - | Large tree limbs down on Highway 1505 and also along Carter Road. |
| April 2005 | Flash Flood | Conway | - | Five to eight inches of water flowing over both lanes of Highway 25. |
| May 2002 | Flood | Conway | - | Standing water was reported over US 25 and Old State Road. |
| May 2002 | Flash Flood | Conway | - | Heavy rains caused flash flooding on some roads. The depth of the water in one case was over one foot. |
| August 2001 | Flash Flood | Conway | - | Heavy rains caused water to flow over Highway 25 and Highway 150. |
| May 2000 | Flash Flood | Conway | - | Heavy rains produced flash flooding on the Little Clear Creek. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| November 2002 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
| November 2002 | Hail | Conway | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boone | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Roundstone | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Wildie | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Disputanta | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Climax | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Wilmot Church (historical) | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Hummel | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Renfro Valley | 6.2 miles | 13 |
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.






