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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.

Keavy within Laurel County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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.

Fires near this place

105 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism40
Debris and open burning25
Recreation and ceremony20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2

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
6 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestCADILLIAC
5 September 2015Arson/incendiarism6.5 acresDaniel Boone National ForestAUGER SPRINGS
25 September 2008Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 September 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestBURNT CAR
31 August 2007Naturalunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestCOLD HILL
27 August 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestBEGLEY
26 August 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestCOLDHILL CAMPFIRE
19 August 2008Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresDaniel Boone National Forest3 SISTERS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Laurel County

Storms near this place

34 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2013Thunderstorm WindKeavy2 hurtA tree was blown down onto a moving car on Rachael Road with two non-life threatening injuries reported.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindKeavy$15,000Multiple trees down around Keavy with water rising along roads.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindKeavy$10,000An 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 2011Thunderstorm WindKeavy$10,000A 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 2010Thunderstorm WindKeavy$10,000A house partially collapsed after losing its roof in a thunderstorm in Keavy.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindKeavy$8,000There were power lines down on Level Green road.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindKeavy$5,000Power lines were blown down.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindKeavy$3,000A large tree was uprooted and damage the edge of Highway 363.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindKeavy$1,000An amateur radio operator reported that a metal carport had been flipped and mangled in the Keavy area.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindKeavy$1,000A power line was blown down on Laurel Rd in Keavy.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindKeavy$400The flashing was blown off a home. This report was relayed to the weather service by the London Sentinel Echo newspaper.
May 2025HailKeavy-A report from mPING noted golf ball sized hail (1.75 inches) near the Keavy community.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindKeavy-A tree was downed somewhere on Level Green Road near the community of Keavy.
January 2022Thunderstorm WindKeavy-Laurel County 911 reported a tree down along Hwy 312 near Hightop.
May 2022HailKeavy-A trained spotter reported nickel-sized (0.88 inch) hail near Keavy.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindKeavy-A tree was blown down and onto KY-312 in southern Laurel County.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindKeavy-Two trees were blown down in the community of Keavy.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindKeavy-Dispatch relayed reports of a tree blown down off Keavy Road, as well as near Dorthae northwest of Corbin.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindKeavy-A tree was blown down and onto a house.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindKeavy-A large tree was blown down.
June 2010HailKeavy-An amateur radio operator reported one inch diameter hail in Keavy.
May 2009Funnel CloudKeavy-Dispatch had a public report of a funnel cloud in the Keavy area on Level Green Road.
April 2008Heavy RainKeavy-Approximately 2.13 inches of rain fell in an hour.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindKeavy-Four trees down.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindKeavy-Trees downed on Flatwood Rd.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindKeavy-Trees were downed.
May 2017HailKeavy-no account filed
April 2006HailKeavy-no account filed
August 2005HailKeavy-no account filed
November 2005HailKeavy-no account filed
July 2004HailKeavy-no account filed
May 2003HailKeavy-no account filed
July 2003HailKeavy-no account filed
October 2001Thunderstorm WindKeavy-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Laurel 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
Vox2.3 miles16
Hightop2.5 miles14
Dorthae3.1 miles17
Hopewell3.7 miles17
North Corbin4.7 miles17
Lily4.8 miles14
Camp Grounds5.2 miles17
Pine Grove5.3 miles14

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 KeavyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18387407The 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.