Licking River, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the West Liberty census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41472. It stands on Caney Creek. The Survey maps it on the West Liberty quadrangle.
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 West Liberty quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS West Liberty quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
77 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Licking River between 1997 and 2020, burning about 680 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 18 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 | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | UPPER LONG |
| 5 May 2001 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 May 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GREASY CREEK |
| 16 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Licking River in 5 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Licking River | $4,000 | Several large limbs down. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Licking River | $2,000 | Several large tree limbs down 2 to 3 inches in diameter. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Licking River | - | A tree was blown down near 3000 Liberty Road, northwest of West Liberty. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Licking River | - | The tops of a pine tree and sycamore tree were broken off. |
| October 2014 | Hail | Licking River | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neal Valley (historical) | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Straight Creek (historical) | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Pomp | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Bear Wallow (historical) | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Perry Bend (historical) | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Liberty Road | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Dehart | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Woodsbend | 2.5 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 513415. 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.







