Jeremiah, Kentucky
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Blackey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41826. It stands on Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Blackey quadrangle. It stands 1,070 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1890 USGS Whitesburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Whitesburg quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1913 USGS Oven Fork quadrangle1:48000
- 1915 USGS Whitesburg quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Blackey quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Pikeville quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Blackey quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
244 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 244 fires within 5 miles of Jeremiah between 1997 and 2020, burning about 6,566 acres in total. None started naturally. 29 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 | 105 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 79 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 24 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2007 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CARBON GLOW |
| 4 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 90 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ELK CREEK |
| 23 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | EMORY LN. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jeremiah in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jeremiah | $10,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees and caused damage to roofs and chimneys on homes in the Blair Branch community. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jeremiah | $8,000 | Numerous large tree limbs up to 5 inches in diameter were blown down. Two chimneys were also blown down from two very old and poorly constructed houses. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jeremiah | $5,000 | Tree's were blown down. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jeremiah | - | A tree was blown down along KY-7 near Letcher County Elementary and Middle School. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jeremiah | - | Metal roofing material was peeled up on a garage along KY Hwy 7 in Jeremiah. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jeremiah | - | Large tree limbs and power lines were blown. Some trees were also uprooted. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jeremiah | - | Serveral large limbs were blown down. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Jeremiah | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Jeremiah | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Jeremiah | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carbon Glow | 1.5 miles | 18 | |
| Isom | 2.1 miles | 18 | |
| Letcher | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Hot Spot | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Van | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Little Colly (historical) | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Blackey | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Indian Bottom (historical) | 3.3 miles | 18 |
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 Jeremiah | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q15229511 | 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 495225. 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.








