BlockBefore

Dawkins, Kentucky

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Paintsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41268. It stands on Burnt Cabin Branch. The Survey maps it on the Paintsville quadrangle.

Dawkins within Johnson County

On record in Dawkins

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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

243 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 243 fires within 5 miles of Dawkins between 1997 and 2020, burning about 5,580 acres in total. None started naturally. 53 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 burning77
Recreation and ceremony55
Arson/incendiarism53
Missing data/not specified/undetermined53
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
9 September 2019Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryROUTE 302
5 September 2007Debris and open burning170 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMIDDLE FORK
28 September 1998Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2008Debris and open burning30 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 2008Debris and open burning25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 2007Debris and open burning40 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Dawkins: 3 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Silica. 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
Levisa Fork Sandstone PitSilicaPast Producer
East Point RoadcutClayProspect
Greasy Creek Clay BedClayProspect
Whippoorwill Branch ShaleClayProspect

Every working recorded in Johnson County

Storms near this place

12 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dawkins in 12 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 6 flash flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
February 2018FloodDawkins$25,000The Powell Edition Horse Stable was inundated by flood waters just off Highway 23 as you turn into Van Lear.
March 2015FloodDawkins$1,000Millers Creek backed up into the horse stables at Powells Addition.
June 2014Flash FloodDawkins$1,000Flood water had entered a residence near Millers Creek.
June 2014Flash FloodDawkins$1,000The dam of a pond was over topped or compromised, leading to flooding of homes in the Stoney Brook subdivision area.
June 2014Flash FloodDawkins$1,000Water was reported to have been 12 inches deep at the Van Lear Fire Dept.
June 2014Flash FloodDawkins$1,000Dispatch reported that water threatened residences along Millers Creek Rd. Water was also flowing over Witten Lane and KY 302 in West Van Lear, as well as KY Route 172 in Staffordsville.
April 2025Flash FloodDawkins-Pictures on social media showed a creek was out of it's banks and water flowing around several homes on Silk Stocking Loop near the community of VanLear.
February 2019Flash FloodDawkins-A spotter observed Millers Creek Road being submerged in rapidly flowing water in Van Lear.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindDawkins-Trees were blown down on Hwy 302.
February 2014Thunderstorm WindDawkins-Trees were blown down in Van Lear and West Van Lear.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindDawkins-Trees were blown down in the Silk Stocking area.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindDawkins-A tree was blown down on Millers Creek.

Every storm recorded in Johnson 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
West Van Lear0.4 miles17
Hagerhill0.6 miles17
Van Lear1.9 miles17
Paintsville2.1 miles17
Collista2.2 miles17
Thealka2.2 miles17
Thelma2.2 miles17
Meally2.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 490681. 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.