Epworth, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Tollesboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41189. It stands on Powderlick Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tollesboro quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1929 USGS Springdale quadrangle1:48000
- 1929 USGS Springdale quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Springdale quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Tollesboro quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
16 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Epworth between 1992 and 2014, burning about 139 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 June 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | BOAT GUNNEL |
| 8 April 2013 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 70 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FITE HOLLOW |
| 6 April 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HAPPY HOLLOW |
| 1 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BURTONVILL |
| 31 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GRIFFIN SPUR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Epworth in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2021: 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2017 | Flash Flood | Epworth | $200,000 | Extensive flash flooding was reported from Tollesboro to Vanceburg. Water, several feet deep, was flowing across numerous roadways in the area. A bridge was washed out on Quicks Run Road. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Epworth | - | A tree was downed on Burtonville Road. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Epworth | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Epworth | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burtonville | 1.5 miles | 8 | |
| Nashtown | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Tollesboro | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Oak Ridge (historic) | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Glen Springs | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Ribolt | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Oak Ridge (historical) | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Cottageville | 6.5 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 491803. 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.







