Lee City, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Hazel Green census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41301. It stands on Rose Fork. The Survey maps it on the Lee City quadrangle. It stands 958 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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 Lee City quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
180 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 180 fires within 5 miles of Lee City between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,121 acres in total. None started naturally. 34 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 | 79 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 34 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CAMP BRANCH |
| 11 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lee City in 11 storm reports between 2002 and 2023: 4 flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2019 | Flash Flood | Lee City | $30,000 | A citizen reported water flowing over Kentucky Highway 205 near Lee City. Water depth increased to 4 to 5 feet at one point, causing a car to become submerged. This resulted in a swift water rescue. One home reportedly had water enter into it. |
| February 2021 | Flash Flood | Lee City | $15,000 | Water began rising in the Lee City community, leading to a water rescue. Exact location within the community is unknown. |
| April 2015 | Flood | Lee City | $1,000 | Highway 205 was closed due to flooding at the intersection of Hwy 1094 in Lee City. |
| April 2015 | Flash Flood | Lee City | $1,000 | Highway 205 was flooded and impassable near Lee City. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lee City | - | A tree was reported down across KY-2491 just east of Campton. |
| July 2022 | Flood | Lee City | - | The Red River was running high through Wolfe County. At 09:00 AM EST there was a report that the Red River was flooding across KY-205 at Lee City. At 11:38 AM EST a second report was made of several inches of standing water from the Red River in the Wolfe County Animal Shelter. |
| March 2021 | Flood | Lee City | - | Highway 205 is flooded near Lee City. |
| February 2021 | Flood | Lee City | - | Highway 205 is flooded near Lee City. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lee City | - | A tree was blown down and onto Hwy 205 in Lee City. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lee City | - | Trees were down along Kentucky Highway 205. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Lee City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helechawa | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Upper Gillmore | 1.9 miles | 11 | |
| Gillmore | 1.9 miles | 11 | |
| Belknap | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Lower Gillmore | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Rosefork | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Rose Chapel (historical) | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Burkhart | 3.8 miles | 11 |
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 Lee City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6513295 | 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 496164. 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.






