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Epleys, Kentucky

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Lewisburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42276. The Survey maps it on the Lewisburg quadrangle. It stands 676 feet above sea level.

Epleys within Logan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

18 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Epleys between 2001 and 2014, burning about 162 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony3

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
25 September 2008Railroad operations and maintenance6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 April 2014Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLOGAN RAILROAD
19 April 2001Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 April 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 March 2010Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 March 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHINTON
23 March 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryEPLEY STATION
21 March 2014Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHOUCHINS RD.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Logan County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Epleys: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc. 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
Frazier Hollow ProspectBarium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, ZincProspect
Kentucky Flagstone Company QuarrySilicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Logan County

Storms near this place

7 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Epleys in 7 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
May 2025Thunderstorm WindEpleys-Wind gust measured at Mesonet station 1578W Logan Aluminum.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindEpleys-Mesonet station 1578W Logan Aluminum observed a 65 mph wind gust.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindEpleys-A couple of trees were down north of Russellville, near Highway 431.
February 2021Flash FloodEpleys-Dispatch reported several roads have been closed due to flooding in the county.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindEpleys-Numerous trees and power lines were reported down.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindEpleys-A large tree was blocking State Road 106 four miles south of Lewisburg.
May 2004HailEpleys-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Logan 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
Thompson Chapel (historical)1.9 miles8
Edwards2.2 miles8
Bibbtown (historical)2.5 miles8
Kedron (historical)2.6 miles8
Cooperstown2.7 miles8
Stewarts Ridge (historical)3.2 miles8
Danby3.2 miles8
Henrysville (historical)3.4 miles8

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 EpleysAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q24191627The 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 491798. 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.