Fedscreek, Kentucky
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Fedscreek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41524. It stands on Feds Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jamboree quadrangle. It stands 883 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 20 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.
- 1886 USGS Grundy quadrangle1:125000
- 1890 USGS Grundy quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Grundy quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1914 USGS Hurley quadrangle1:48000
- 1915 USGS Hurley quadrangle1:48000
- 1915 USGS Hurley quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Hurley quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Jamboree quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Jamboree quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Pikeville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
140 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Fedscreek between 1995 and 2020, burning about 10,520 acres in total. None started naturally. 36 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 | 61 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FEDS CREEK |
| 6 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 90 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BIG HACKNEY'S CREEK |
| 12 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 85 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LICK CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fedscreek in 15 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fedscreek | $30,000 | There were several trees blown down. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fedscreek | $10,000 | Numerous trees were blown down in and around Feds Creek. |
| March 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fedscreek | $7,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down on Little Card Road. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fedscreek | $4,000 | Tree down across house and tree across power lines. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fedscreek | $3,000 | Pike County dispatch reported a utility line knocked down onto a roof and a power pole blown over in the 3000 block of Fedscreek Road in the community of Fedscreek. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fedscreek | $500 | Multiple trees and power lines were reported down in the community of Fedscreek. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Fedscreek | - | The Pike County EM sent in a reported of a measured 2.0 inch hailstone in the Fedscreek community. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Fedscreek | - | A report of quarter size hail was received via social media in Fedscreek. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fedscreek | - | Trees were blown down, blocking U.S. Route 460. |
| July 2000 | Hail | Fedscreek | - | Nickel to quarter size hail observed for ten minutes at Fedscreek Grocery Store. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fedscreek | - | Several trees blown down. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Fedscreek | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Fedscreek | - | no account filed |
| March 2001 | Hail | Fedscreek | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Fedscreek | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Motley (historical) | 1.2 miles | 20 | |
| Mouthcard | 1.4 miles | 19 | |
| Dunlap | 1.7 miles | 20 | |
| Biggs | 1.8 miles | 19 | |
| Nigh | 2.3 miles | 19 | |
| Toonerville | 2.4 miles | 22 | |
| Hackney Creek (historical) | 2.5 miles | 22 | |
| Lick Creek | 3.2 miles | 19 |
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 Fedscreek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5441140 | 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 492016. 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.











