Knifley, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Casey Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42753. It stands on Crooked Creek. The Survey maps it on the Knifley quadrangle. It stands 718 feet above sea level.
On record in Knifley
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Janice Holt and Henry Giles Log Houselisted 1997
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Knifley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Knifley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
33 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Knifley between 1998 and 2017, burning about 274 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HUNTING HILLS |
| 2 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RAY WILLIAMS RD. FIRE |
| 8 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 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
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Knifley: 1 prospect. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neatsville Shale | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
10 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Knifley in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2022 | Flash Flood | Knifley | - | Flash flooding occurred in Knifely. Damage amount unknown. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knifley | - | Adair County law enforcement officials reported trees down in the area. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knifley | - | Local law enforcement reported several trees down in the area. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knifley | - | Several trees were blown down in the Knifely area. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knifley | - | An emergency manager reported a house with a wall blown down and a roof partially blown off. Also, numerous trees and power lines were down in the Casey Creek Rd. area. |
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | Knifley | - | State police reported numerous roads closed and some homes surrounded by water. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Knifley | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Knifley | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Knifley | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knifley | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunbar Hill | 2.1 miles | 10 | |
| Casey Creek | 2.6 miles | 9 | |
| Neatsville | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Wethington (historical) | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Feathersburg | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Holmes | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Barnett Springs | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Eunice | 5.4 miles | 9 |
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 Knifley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6422158 | 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 508402. 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.




