Keavy, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Keavy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40744. The Survey maps it on the London SW quadrangle. It stands 1,260 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1893 USGS London quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS London quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS London SW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS London SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
105 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Keavy between 1992 and 2019, burning about 438 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 40 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 40 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | CADILLIAC |
| 5 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.5 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | AUGER SPRINGS |
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | BURNT CAR |
| 31 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | COLD HILL |
| 27 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | BEGLEY |
| 26 August 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | COLDHILL CAMPFIRE |
| 19 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | 3 SISTERS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
34 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Keavy in 34 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 22 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keavy | 2 hurt | A tree was blown down onto a moving car on Rachael Road with two non-life threatening injuries reported. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keavy | $15,000 | Multiple trees down around Keavy with water rising along roads. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keavy | $10,000 | An amateur radio operator and dispatch reported wind damage from Keavy through London and up to McWhorter. A roof barn was damaged in Keavy as a tree was split in half. In McWhorter, a large tree was blown down at the intersection of Kentucky Highways 638 and 578, while power poles were blown down along Harris Karr Road in London. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keavy | $10,000 | A tree fell onto a carport, damaging both the carport and a boat being housed inside. Another tree also fell on a building at another site in Keavy and damaged that building as well. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keavy | $10,000 | A house partially collapsed after losing its roof in a thunderstorm in Keavy. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keavy | $8,000 | There were power lines down on Level Green road. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keavy | $5,000 | Power lines were blown down. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keavy | $3,000 | A large tree was uprooted and damage the edge of Highway 363. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keavy | $1,000 | An amateur radio operator reported that a metal carport had been flipped and mangled in the Keavy area. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keavy | $1,000 | A power line was blown down on Laurel Rd in Keavy. |
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keavy | $400 | The flashing was blown off a home. This report was relayed to the weather service by the London Sentinel Echo newspaper. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Keavy | - | A report from mPING noted golf ball sized hail (1.75 inches) near the Keavy community. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keavy | - | A tree was downed somewhere on Level Green Road near the community of Keavy. |
| January 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keavy | - | Laurel County 911 reported a tree down along Hwy 312 near Hightop. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Keavy | - | A trained spotter reported nickel-sized (0.88 inch) hail near Keavy. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keavy | - | A tree was blown down and onto KY-312 in southern Laurel County. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keavy | - | Two trees were blown down in the community of Keavy. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keavy | - | Dispatch relayed reports of a tree blown down off Keavy Road, as well as near Dorthae northwest of Corbin. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keavy | - | A tree was blown down and onto a house. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keavy | - | A large tree was blown down. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Keavy | - | An amateur radio operator reported one inch diameter hail in Keavy. |
| May 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Keavy | - | Dispatch had a public report of a funnel cloud in the Keavy area on Level Green Road. |
| April 2008 | Heavy Rain | Keavy | - | Approximately 2.13 inches of rain fell in an hour. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keavy | - | Four trees down. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keavy | - | Trees downed on Flatwood Rd. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keavy | - | Trees were downed. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Keavy | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Keavy | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Keavy | - | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Hail | Keavy | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Keavy | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Keavy | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Keavy | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keavy | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vox | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Hightop | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Dorthae | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Hopewell | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| North Corbin | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Lily | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Camp Grounds | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Pine Grove | 5.3 miles | 14 |
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 Keavy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18387407 | 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 513100. 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.






