Floyd, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Eubank census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42567. The Survey maps it on the Eubank quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1952 USGS Eubank quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Eubank quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
18 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Floyd between 1998 and 2015, burning about 86 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PALLET FIRE |
| 13 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WARE ROAD FIRE |
| 13 April 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | TROY ADAMS |
| 28 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 March 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ELLISON RIDGE |
| 26 February 2000 | Smoking | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 February 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Floyd in 8 storm reports between 2011 and 2022: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floyd | $10,000 | Barn blown down on the 400 block of Bullock Lane near Eubank. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Floyd | - | Flash flood waters reportedly observed carrying trees across Old Waynesburg Road near the 500 block. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floyd | - | A tree was reported down SSE of Eubank. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floyd | - | A tree was reported down SSE of Eubank. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floyd | - | A tree was reported down 3 miles SSW of the Eubank Community. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floyd | - | A tree was reported down just south of the Eubank Community. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Floyd | - | A few ping pong ball size hailstones were mixed with pea size hail. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Floyd | - | The hail was the size of grapefruits. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eubank | 1.9 miles | 8 | |
| Pulaski | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Estesburg | 3.2 miles | 7 | |
| Etna | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Mount Zion | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Ansel | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Albia | 4.9 miles | 7 | |
| Science Hill | 5.2 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508019. 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.




