Emlyn, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Saxton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40769. It lies near Happy Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Williamsburg quadrangle. 417 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 971 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresEmlyn fell from 427 to 417 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 | 427 | |
| 2020 | 417 | -10 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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 Williamsburg quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1894 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
134 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Emlyn between 1993 and 2020, burning about 4,986 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 37 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 | 59 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 July 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Emlyn: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cave Creek-Jowl Mt Shale | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Emlyn in 4 storm reports between 2006 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emlyn | $7,000 | Several trees were blown down along KY 628 and KY 2996 near Emlyn. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emlyn | $5,000 | Dispatch reported several trees and powerlines down in and near Williamsburg, including on Kentucky Highway 904 and Verne Road as well as on Highway 25 S. Additionally, a home was damaged on Cane Creek Road south of town. |
| April 2017 | Flood | Emlyn | - | A Skywarn spotter observed water about three inches deep flowing over Tackett Creek Road south of Williamsburg. |
| September 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emlyn | - | Tree down along Route 25. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Savoy | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Balltown | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Pleasant View | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Dal | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Williamsburg | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Bon | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Highland Park | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Yaden | 3.3 miles | 15 |
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 Emlyn | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5658625 | 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 512067. 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.






