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Elliottville, Kentucky

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Morehead census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40351. It stands on Andy White Branch. The Survey maps it on the Haldeman quadrangle. It stands 991 feet above sea level.

Elliottville within Rowan County

On record in Elliottville

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

7 surveys from 10 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

114 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Elliottville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,121 acres in total. None started naturally. 33 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 burning42
Arson/incendiarism33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Recreation and ceremony15
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 August 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 May 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 May 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 May 2018Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryUPPER CRANEY SPUR
9 April 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 April 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 April 2020Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBRINEGAR ROAD
6 April 2010Recreation and ceremony304 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySEAS BRANCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rowan County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Elliottville: 4 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Cogswell-Fultz MineClayPast Producer
Patties Lick Strip MineClayUnknown
Porter School ShaleClayProspect
Soldier Fork-Macabee Creek Mine 3ClayPast Producer
Soldier Fork-Macabee Creek Mine 4ClayPast Producer
Soldier Fork-Macabee Creek Mine 5ClayPast Producer
W.T. Caudill Strip MineClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Rowan County

Storms near this place

16 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elliottville in 16 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash 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
August 2010Thunderstorm WindElliottville$5,000Trees were reported to have been blown down in the Dry Creek community.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindElliottville$5,000Trees were blown down onto Highway 32 by wind gusts estimated at 61 mph.
May 1997Flash FloodElliottville$5,000Flash flooding occurred along Christy Creek in eastern Rowan County. People had to be evacuated in the Elliotville area.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindElliottville$3,000Severe thunderstorm winds blew down part of a barn in Elliottville. Numerous trees were also reported down by the storm.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindElliottville$2,000A metal roof was blown onto Hogtown Hill Road.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindElliottville-A tree was reported down along CCC Trail, near Elliottville.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindElliottville-A tree was blown down east of Elliottville near the the Elliott County line. Exact location/road were not given.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindElliottville-A tree was reported down on Brown Ridge Road.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindElliottville-The Rowan County dispatch reported that a strong thunderstorm gust front caused multiple trees to fall onto Laurel Road near Elliotville.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindElliottville-A mobile home was flipped over by thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindElliottville-Multiple trees were blown down.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindElliottville-Trees were blown down on US 60 near the Rowan and Carter county line.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindElliottville-Several 4 to 6 inch tree limbs were blown down.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindElliottville-Trees and branches blown down on Highway 32.
April 2009HailElliottville-no account filed
May 2004HailElliottville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Rowan 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
Minor3.5 miles10
Hamim4.3 miles10
Haldeman5.3 miles8
Hays Crossing5.6 miles10
Gates6.0 miles10
Rodburn7.2 miles11
Christy7.4 miles11
Clearfield8.2 miles11

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 ElliottvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5365764The 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 512050. 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.