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Hindman, Kentucky

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Hindman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41822. It stands on Right Fork Troublesome Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hindman quadrangle. 701 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,115 feet above sea level.

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Hindman within Knott County

On record in Hindman

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 4 records

Population over time

2 figures

Hindman fell from 777 to 701 between 2010 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
2010777
2020701-76 (-10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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.

Photographs

1 photograph, 1940

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Hotel built for jobless friends by mountain man near Hindman, Kentucky
Hotel built for jobless friends by mountain man near Hindman, Kentucky
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1940. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

399 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 399 fires within 5 miles of Hindman between 1997 and 2020, burning about 13,119 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 53 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 burning203
Missing data/not specified/undetermined103
Arson/incendiarism53
Recreation and ceremony28
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural1
Smoking1

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 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 September 2007Debris and open burning20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 September 2007Debris and open burning15 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPERKINS MADDEN
17 September 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Knott County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hindman: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ogden Branch StoneStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Knott County

Storms near this place

47 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hindman in 47 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 22 thunderstorm wind, 11 flash flood, 7 hail, 4 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
February 2009Thunderstorm WindHindman$30,000Numerous trees were blown down county wide by thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindHindman$25,000Twenty two hundred people were reported without power across the county.
February 2019Heavy RainHindman$10,000Local media reported mudslides across a large portion of the county, including Kentucky Highway 2029 southwest of Bolyn and Kentucky Highway 550 west of Hindman where a power pole was knocked down. This latter slide was near Hindman Elementary School, resulting in power to the school being knocked out.
August 2014Flash FloodHindman$10,000Troublesome creek was reported to have come out of its banks in the Carrie area shortly after a public report of 1.78 inches of rain fell in 35 minutes. A trailer on Lick Branch Road was flooded. A foot of flowing water was reported over Highway 1102. Also, the Ball Creek Volunteer Fire Dept assisted several families that were trapped by flood waters in their homes near Highway 550 in Hindman between 730 pm EST and 800 pm EST.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindHindman$10,000Severals trees were blown down on Highways 550, 1393, and 160.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHindman$10,000Numerous large limbs were torn from trees by thunderstorm wind gusts. A 14 inch diameter tree was also blown down.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindHindman$10,000Trees and power lines were blown down on Perkins Mountain Road and Big Branch Road in the Perkins Mountain area by wind gusts estimated at 62 mph.
February 1997Thunderstorm WindHindman$5,000no account filed
August 2022Flash FloodHindman$2,000Water was ponding onto the KY-2759 near Hindman. In addition, a mudslide also occurred, and a large tree is down. Power lines are also down in the area as a result. The road has been been closed.
May 2020Flash FloodHindman$1,000A local media outlet reported water of at least half a foot deep flowing over Ogden Branch Road northwest of Hindman.
March 2015FloodHindman$1,000Water was over Hwy 550.
March 2015FloodHindman$1,000Kentucky 550 at mile marker 11.25 was impassable due to flooding.
July 2015Flash FloodHindman$1,000Flash flooding was occurring off Hwy 160 near Frogtown.
July 2015Flash FloodHindman$1,000Flood waters were entering and surrounding peoples homes off Hwy 160 at Bear Branch.
December 2013FloodHindman$1,000Water was over the road on KY 550 at WKCB radio station.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHindman$1,000A 55 mph wind gust was measured by the Knott count mesonet site.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindHindman$1,000Large limbs down across Route 550.
January 2025FloodHindman-Perkins Madden Road, south of the town Hindman was flooded, especially near the entrance to the Knott County Nursing Home, due to poor drainage.
January 2025Debris FlowHindman-A rockslide/debris flow was reported along KY-160 across from the Golden Apple Fruit Market, southeast of Hindman.
August 2022Flash FloodHindman-Water was reported on the road in several locations along KY-550 in Hindman.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindHindman-A tree was downed on KY-3391, just past Knott County Central High School.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindHindman-A tree and numerous limbs were blown down in Hindman.
February 2014Thunderstorm WindHindman-This report made by the Big Sandy Recc. Trees and power lines were blown down county wide with 3 power outages reported.
February 2014Thunderstorm WindHindman-A tree was blown down on Hwy 550 in Hindman.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindHindman-A couple of trees were blown down on Hwy 2029 just off of Hwy 80.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindHindman-A couple of trees were blown down on Hwy 550 west of Hindman.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindHindman-The mesonet site 5 miles north of Hindman measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 69 mph.
July 2011Heavy RainHindman-Almost 3 inches of rain fell northeast of Hindman between 2 and 4 am. The bulk of the rain occurred between 2 and 3 am.
May 2010Flash FloodHindman-Streams were over roads or bridges in Hindman.
April 2007Flash FloodHindman-Route 550 closed due to flooding.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindHindman-Large tree limbs down county wide.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindHindman-Large tree limbs down near Vest.
January 2004Flash FloodHindman-More than a foot of water covered Kentucky Highway 550 West and Kentucky Highway 160.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindHindman-Two trees with a diameter of about one foot were down.
February 2003Thunderstorm WindHindman-Large tree limbs were down.
June 2003Flash FloodHindman-Water was flowing across Kentucky Highway 60.
May 2003HailHindman-An ambulance driver reported the severe hail along Kentucky Highway 80.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindHindman-Trees down.
July 2000Flash FloodHindman-Heavy rains caused water to cross Route 80 at a depth of 2 to 3 feet. Mudslides and rockslides were also reported in the area.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindHindman-A tree was down across HWY 160 near Hindman.
July 1999HailHindman-Baseball sized hail was reported in the town of Hindman.
April 2006HailHindman-no account filed
August 2001HailHindman-no account filed
May 1999HailHindman-no account filed
January 1998HailHindman-no account filed
March 1997Thunderstorm WindHindman-no account filed
October 1994HailHindman-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Knott 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
Leburn1.6 miles16
Odgen Gap1.9 miles16
Brinkley2.5 miles16
Montgomery (historical)2.5 miles16
Tina2.7 miles16
Carrie2.8 miles16
Garner3.3 miles16
Vest4.4 miles17

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 HindmanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2298938The 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 494291. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.