Daisy, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Daisy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41731. It stands on Right Fork Hicks Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tilford quadrangle. 1,584 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 965 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1891 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1916 USGS Cornettsville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Tilford quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
178 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Daisy between 1994 and 2020, burning about 14,057 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 39 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 | 70 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 39 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | ORCHARD |
| 17 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | UPPER RIVER RD |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 August 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FORT BRANCH |
| 31 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | POLLY HOLLOW |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Daisy in 3 storm reports between 2006 and 2019: 1 hail, 1 debris flow, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2019 | Heavy Rain | Daisy | - | Kentucky Transportation Cabinet officials reported a landslide on Kentucky Highway 1165 between Viper and Cornettsville, causing the roadway to become blocked for several weeks. This was likely caused by 1 to 1.5 inches of rain on top of saturated terrain. |
| May 2018 | Debris Flow | Daisy | - | A local media outlet reported a mudslide, resulting in a downed tree across a roadway south of Viper. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Daisy | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornettsville | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Beehive (historical) | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Slemp | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Wentz | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Fuson (historical) | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Beech Fork (historical) | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Middle Fork (historical) | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Fusonia | 4.2 miles | 16 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Daisy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5209668 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 511699. 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.
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.





