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Cooper, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Monticello census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42633. It lies near Burgess Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Monticello quadrangle.

Cooper within Wayne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

51 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Cooper between 1998 and 2018, burning about 2,149 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Arson/incendiarism7
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
16 May 2001Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
14 April 2014Debris and open burning80 acresKentucky Division of ForestryWRAY HOLLOW FIRE
14 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
14 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 April 2018Arson/incendiarism10 acresKentucky Division of ForestryTHE BRIDGE
11 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 March 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 March 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Cooper: 1 prospect, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Bald Rock MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Coffey Mountain ShaleClayProspect
Monticello QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Wayne County

Storms near this place

7 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cooper in 7 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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
December 2021Thunderstorm WindCooper$3,000Trees were reported across powerlines in the vicinity of Bertram Hollow Road near the community of Cooper.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindCooper$1,000A tree was reported to have been blown down onto powerlines along Missouri Hollow Road south of Monticello.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindCooper$1,000A tree was reported to have been blown down onto powerlines along KY-167 south of Monticello.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindCooper$1,000A tree was blown down on KY Hwy 1258.
May 2025HailCooper-Shortly after 1 PM EST, nickel-sized hail was reported near Cooper.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindCooper-A tree was reported down on Hwy-167 near the community of Cooper.
June 2007HailCooper-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wayne 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
Oilton1.0 miles14
Sumpter1.1 miles14
Wray Gap1.3 miles14
Bethesda2.7 miles14
Number One2.8 miles14
Oil Valley3.3 miles14
Shearer Valley3.4 miles14
Slat3.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507751. 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.