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Evarts, Kentucky

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Harlan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40828. It stands on Yocum Creek. The Survey maps it on the Evarts quadrangle. 859 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,575 feet above sea level.

Evarts within Harlan County

Population over time

3 figures

Evarts fell from 1,101 to 859 between 2000 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.

YearPeople Change
20001,101
2010962-139 (-13%)
2020859-103 (-11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

139 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Evarts between 1997 and 2020, burning about 13,383 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 41 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 burning52
Arson/incendiarism41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Recreation and ceremony10
Natural2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 September 2019Arson/incendiarism20 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLOBSTER BRANCH
15 September 1999Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 August 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
27 June 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryKILDAV FIR
24 June 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harlan County

Storms near this place

23 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Evarts in 23 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 16 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2025Thunderstorm WindEvarts$10,000Tractor trailer reportedly blown over on KY-38 near the Marathon gas station.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindEvarts$5,000There was a mudslide with trees blocking KY 38.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindEvarts$5,000Power lines were downed by thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindEvarts$5,000Trees were blown down.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindEvarts$5,000Trees were blown down in the city of Evarts.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindEvarts$4,000A trained spotter reported that several 3 to 5 inch diameter limbs were blown from trees in Evarts. Some shingles were also blown off of his home as the storm passed. The spotter also reported seeing a wall cloud on the southwest flanks of the storm.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindEvarts$3,000Three trees were blown down in Evarts.
March 2015FloodEvarts$1,000The Clover Fork left its banks and sent about a foot of water flowing across Kelly Street. The street had to be temporarily closed.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindEvarts-Lipfird Street bridge was blocked by a large tree.
May 2022HailEvarts-Pictures on social media showed approximately quarter-sized (1.00 inch) hail near Evarts.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindEvarts-Trees and limbs were blown down in and around the community of Evarts.
March 2021Flash FloodEvarts-Officials were in the process of closing Kelly Street in the community of Evarts due to high water from Turners Branch making the road impassable.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindEvarts-Dispatch reported a tree blown down onto power lines in Evarts.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindEvarts-A tree was blown down onto an air conditioning unit and the home next to the unit.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindEvarts-Numerous trees were blown down.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindEvarts-Two trees were blown down on KY 38.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindEvarts-Trees and power lines were blown down.
April 2011HailEvarts-The hail was the size of quarters in Evarts.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindEvarts-Several trees were down on Route 38.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindEvarts-Trees down.
July 2000Flash FloodEvarts-Flash flooding caused water to flow over KY Highway 215 to the depth of 2 feet. The road was closed until the water subsided.
May 2004HailEvarts-no account filed
May 1999HailEvarts-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Harlan 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
Woods0.7 miles24
Darkmont0.8 miles24
Draper0.8 miles24
Bailey Creek0.9 miles23
Kildav1.0 miles24
Redbud1.2 miles24
River Ridge1.3 miles23
Short Town1.8 miles23

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 EvartsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2551324The 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 491839. 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.