Lily, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the North Corbin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40744. It stands on Robinson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lily quadrangle. It stands 1,119 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.
- 1893 USGS London quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS London quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Lily quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Lily quadrangle1:24000
- 1970 USGS Lily quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
59 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Lily between 1994 and 2019, burning about 425 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | 3 SISTERS |
| 19 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | LAUREL BRIDGE |
| 28 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SCOTTS ROA |
| 7 May 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | PICNIC |
| 8 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WEST HWY 1223 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
18 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lily in 18 storm reports between 1996 and 2019: 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1997 | Lightning | Lily | 1 hurt, $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lily | $20,000 | Power lines and trees were blown down on Van Zant Road in Lily. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lily | $5,000 | Trees were blown down along Copley Rd and Copley off of Echo Valley. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lily | $5,000 | Several trees were blown down 2 miles northeast of Lily. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lily | $5,000 | A tree was blown down on a mobile home during a severe thunderstorm wind gust. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Lily | - | Dispatch reported water over Robinson Creek Road south of Lily, causing the road to be impassable. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lily | - | Local Emergency Management reported multiple trees were blown down from Lily to Fariston. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lily | - | Dispatch reported trees blown down on Kentucky Highway 552 in Lily. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lily | - | A large limb was blown down and onto a vehicle. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lily | - | Multiple trees were blown down. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lily | - | The roof of an auto repair center was damaged by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Lily | - | A funnel cloud was sighted at East Laurel water treatment plant. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Lily | - | Penny sized hail reported on Highway 1223 near Lily. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lily | - | Trees were down. |
| February 2003 | Flash Flood | Lily | - | Three feet of water was over Highway 578. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Lily | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Lily | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Lily | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopewell | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Dorthae | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Pine Grove | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Fariston | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| McHargue | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Boreing | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Camp Grounds | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| North Corbin | 4.5 miles | 17 |
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 Lily | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6548428 | 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 513422. 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.







