Day, Kentucky
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Whitesburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41858. It stands on Long Branch. The Survey maps it on the Whitesburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1890 USGS Whitesburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Whitesburg quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1913 USGS Oven Fork quadrangle1:48000
- 1915 USGS Whitesburg quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1935 USGS Pardee quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Whitesburg quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Pikeville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
119 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Day between 1997 and 2020, burning about 11,050 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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 | 62 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WHITCO HIL |
| 22 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 31 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | COWAN |
| 24 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | COWAN |
| 23 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Day: 2 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Lewis Sandpit | Silica | Prospect | ||
| Pine Mountain Gap Shale | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Whitesburg Mill Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Whitesburg Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Day in 1 storm report in 2022: 1 flash flood. The reports record 3 deaths. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Day | 3 killed | Multiple reports of flash flooding were received across the eastern half of Letcher County. Some of these reports include:||01:00 AM EST - Pictures show a car forced into a culvert pipe by flash flooding in front of the Colson Volunteer Fire Department. |05:00 AM EST - The Isom IGA is innundated to above the doorway by flash flooding along Rockhouse Creek.|05:20 AM EST - A picture showed the Appalshop at Whitesburg innundated by flash flood waters. |05:30 AM EST - A picture showed several feet of flash flood waters rushing down East Main Street (KY-15) in front of the Railroad Street Mercantile of downtown Whitesburg.|06:00 AM EST - Flash flooding was reported at 7:12 AM EST (though likely started closer to 6:00 AM EST) along KY-119 between JD Maggard Store and the Upper FD. |07:00 AM EST - The cooperative observer located 1 mile SSW of Ermine measured a 24-hour rainfall total of 3.45 inches. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Cowan (historical) | 0.7 miles | 18 | |
| Dongola | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Kingdom Come (historical) | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Oven Fork | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Ice | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Oscaloosa | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Eolia | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Whitco | 3.3 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507824. 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.








