Ivel, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Betsy Layne-Stanville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41642. It stands on Ivy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Harold quadrangle. It stands 643 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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 Prestonsburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Prestonsburg quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1914 USGS Laynesville quadrangle1:48000
- 1916 USGS Harold quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Harold quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Harold quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Harold quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
230 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 230 fires within 5 miles of Ivel between 1997 and 2020, burning about 6,282 acres in total. None started naturally. 69 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 | 86 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 69 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 24 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BANNER |
| 8 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | IVY CREEK |
| 5 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 23 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | IVY CREEK |
| 30 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BUFFALO |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PRATER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Ivel: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ivel in 5 storm reports between 2002 and 2021: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ivel | $2,000 | Two trees were blown down along Highway 23 at a cemetery. |
| February 2018 | Flood | Ivel | $1,000 | Toms Creek was inundated by flood waters. |
| March 2021 | Hail | Ivel | - | Video was posted to social media and shared via WYMT showing hail ranging in size from peas to quarters as the core of the storm moved over the community of Ivel. |
| February 2019 | Heavy Rain | Ivel | - | Heavy rain on the evening of February 23rd ultimately led to a rockslide along U.S. Highway 23 near Ivel. The unstable hillside led to the northbound lanes being shutdown on the 24th as the southbound lanes were reconfigured for two-way traffic. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Ivel | - | Aside from 0.75 inch hail, 1 inch of rain fell within 20 minutes. |
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.
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 Ivel | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690707 | 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 508321. 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.









