Kellacey, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Grassy Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41472. It stands on Tarkiln Branch. The Survey maps it on the Ezel quadrangle. It stands 942 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1889 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Ezel quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Ezel quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
57 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Kellacey between 1995 and 2020, burning about 341 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2002 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | DEVILS SPA |
| 11 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WHITTS ACRES |
| 3 July 2012 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | YOCUM |
| 5 May 2001 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GREASY CREEK |
| 15 May 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RYAN ROAD |
| 9 April 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | ELM LOG |
| 3 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kellacey: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnett Shale | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Zag Shale | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kellacey in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2018: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twentysix | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Zag | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Ebon | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Perry Bend (historical) | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Dehart | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Fannin (historical) | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Yocum | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Bonny | 4.0 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 Kellacey | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690749 | 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 513110. 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.







