Ellwood, Kentucky
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Dorton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41572. It stands on Adkins Branch. The Survey maps it on the Dorton 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
- 1914 USGS Vergie quadrangle1:48000
- 1916 USGS Pikeville quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Dorton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Pikeville quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Dorton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
261 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 261 fires within 5 miles of Ellwood between 1997 and 2020, burning about 33,789 acres in total. 1 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 burning | 95 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 68 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 53 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LONG FORK VEIRGE |
| 6 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SOUTH HERITAGE RD. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ellwood in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2022: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Ellwood | - | Swiftly flowing water from the Left Fork of Caney Creek was flowing across KY-611 making it impassable. A video on social media showed traffic backed up on either side of the flooded roadway unable to cross and waiting for the water to recede. |
| February 2019 | Heavy Rain | Ellwood | - | A trained spotter observed a rock slide on Kentucky Highway 610 in Jonancy due to recent persistent rainfall. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellwood | - | Trees were blown down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonancy | 0.6 miles | 18 | |
| Virgie | 0.7 miles | 18 | |
| Long Fork (historical) | 1.2 miles | 18 | |
| Frogtown (historical) | 1.5 miles | 18 | |
| Penny | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Myra | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| Hartley | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Big Card (historical) | 3.1 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 491725. 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.








