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.
Population over time
3 figuresEvarts 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,101 | |
| 2010 | 962 | -139 (-13%) |
| 2020 | 859 | -103 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 24 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.
- 1887 USGS Jonesville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Jonesville quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1916 USGS Nolansburg quadrangle1:48000
- 1919 USGS Nolansburg quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1935 USGS Evarts quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evarts quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Evarts quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Middlesboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
139 since 1997Regional 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 burning | 52 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LOBSTER BRANCH |
| 15 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | KILDAV FIR |
| 24 June 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
23 since 1999Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evarts | $10,000 | Tractor trailer reportedly blown over on KY-38 near the Marathon gas station. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evarts | $5,000 | There was a mudslide with trees blocking KY 38. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evarts | $5,000 | Power lines were downed by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evarts | $5,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evarts | $5,000 | Trees were blown down in the city of Evarts. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evarts | $4,000 | A 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evarts | $3,000 | Three trees were blown down in Evarts. |
| March 2015 | Flood | Evarts | $1,000 | The Clover Fork left its banks and sent about a foot of water flowing across Kelly Street. The street had to be temporarily closed. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evarts | - | Lipfird Street bridge was blocked by a large tree. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Evarts | - | Pictures on social media showed approximately quarter-sized (1.00 inch) hail near Evarts. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evarts | - | Trees and limbs were blown down in and around the community of Evarts. |
| March 2021 | Flash Flood | Evarts | - | 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evarts | - | Dispatch reported a tree blown down onto power lines in Evarts. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evarts | - | A tree was blown down onto an air conditioning unit and the home next to the unit. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evarts | - | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evarts | - | Two trees were blown down on KY 38. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evarts | - | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Evarts | - | The hail was the size of quarters in Evarts. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evarts | - | Several trees were down on Route 38. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evarts | - | Trees down. |
| July 2000 | Flash Flood | Evarts | - | 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 2004 | Hail | Evarts | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Evarts | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woods | 0.7 miles | 24 | |
| Darkmont | 0.8 miles | 24 | |
| Draper | 0.8 miles | 24 | |
| Bailey Creek | 0.9 miles | 23 | |
| Kildav | 1.0 miles | 24 | |
| Redbud | 1.2 miles | 24 | |
| River Ridge | 1.3 miles | 23 | |
| Short Town | 1.8 miles | 23 |
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 Evarts | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2551324 | 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 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.











