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Cooperstown, Kentucky

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Russellville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42276. It stands on Larman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lewisburg quadrangle.

Cooperstown within Logan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

15 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Cooperstown between 2001 and 2014, burning about 100 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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
Recreation and ceremony5
Arson/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1

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
25 September 2008Railroad operations and maintenance6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
20 August 2007Recreation and ceremony15 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 April 2014Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLOGAN RAILROAD
19 April 2001Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 March 2010Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 March 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHINTON
23 March 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryEPLEY STATION
21 March 2014Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHOUCHINS RD.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Logan County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cooperstown: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc. 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
Frazier Hollow ProspectBarium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, ZincProspect
Kentucky Flagstone Company QuarrySilicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Logan County

Storms near this place

3 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cooperstown in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
July 2019Flash FloodCooperstown$15,000A person was trapped in a car that required a water rescue.
February 2025Flash FloodCooperstown-A swift water rescue was needed for a vehicle caught in flood waters near Mud River.
March 2011Thunderstorm WindCooperstown-Strong winds damaged 300 feet of chain link fence just north of Russellville. Several trees were blown down approximately 5 miles north of Russellville.

Every storm recorded in Logan 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
Thompson Chapel (historical)1.3 miles8
Cedar Grove (historical)2.2 miles8
Epleys2.7 miles8
Kedron (historical)2.9 miles8
Concord (historical)3.2 miles8
Homer3.3 miles8
Oak Grove (historical)3.3 miles8
Lost City3.4 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507753. 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.