Elkhorn City, Kentucky
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Elkhorn City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41522. It stands on Elkhorn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Elkhorn City quadrangle. 1,035 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 791 feet above sea level.
On record in Elkhorn City
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 1 record
Elkhorn City Elementary and High Schoollisted 2015
Population over time
2 figuresElkhorn City grew from 982 to 1,035 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 982 | |
| 2020 | 1,035 | +53 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 20 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.
- 1886 USGS Grundy quadrangle1:125000
- 1890 USGS Grundy quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Grundy quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1915 USGS Regina quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Regina quadrangle1:48000
- 1916 USGS Regina quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1917 USGS Regina quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Elkhorn City quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Elkhorn City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1977 USGS Pikeville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
222 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 222 fires within 5 miles of Elkhorn City between 1994 and 2020, burning about 13,345 acres in total. None started naturally. 61 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 | 68 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 61 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 55 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 27 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1995 | Other causes | 8.0 acres | Virginia Department of Forestry | not named |
| 3 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HONEY FORK |
| 28 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROUTE 80 |
| 19 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | JOHN MOORES BRANCH |
| 12 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 August 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Virginia Department of Forestry | not named |
| 24 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Virginia Department of Forestry | not named |
| 26 July 2017 | Other causes | under an acre | Virginia Department of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Elkhorn City: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elkhorn Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Johnson Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elkhorn City in 2 storm reports in 1995: 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhorn City | $5,000 | Numerous windows damaged and some minor roof damage was noted. Also, at least 35 trees were blown down. Report was from Elkhorn City Fire Department. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhorn City | - | Police reported several trees blocking roads. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal | 0.7 miles | 20 | |
| Beaver Bottom | 0.9 miles | 20 | |
| Senterville (historical) | 1.0 miles | 20 | |
| Beaver Creek (historical) | 1.3 miles | 20 | |
| Dunleary | 1.3 miles | 20 | |
| Cedarville | 1.9 miles | 20 | |
| Kettlecamp (historical) | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Belcher | 2.9 miles | 20 |
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 Elkhorn City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2554894 | 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 491688. 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.











