Lenox, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Elkfork-Ophir census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41472. It stands on Mill Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lenox quadrangle. It stands 797 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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
- 1950 USGS Lenox quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Lenox quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Lenox quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
91 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Lenox between 1998 and 2020, burning about 2,662 acres in total. None started naturally. 31 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 | 33 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SHADY HOLL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lenox in 6 storm reports between 2005 and 2023: 6 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenox | $2,000 | Two small trees were blown down near Steel Branch. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenox | $1,000 | A tree was blown down on Hwy 650 one mile off of Hwy 172 near Lenox. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenox | - | County dispatch reported a tree blown down about 2.5 miles up KY-650. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenox | - | A tree was blown down by thunderstorm winds along KY-650 about 2 miles from the highway's intersection with KY-172. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenox | - | A tree was reported down across Big Mandy Road at the intersection of Carl Fannin Road. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenox | - | Trees down on Cow Branch and Highway 172. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caskey Settement (historical) | 0.6 miles | 14 | |
| Rush Branch (historical) | 1.0 miles | 14 | |
| Elamton | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Elkfork | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| West Liberty | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Pomp | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Redwine | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Cottle | 4.7 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 Lenox | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6523144 | 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 508445. 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.








