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Lloyd, Kentucky

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Greenup census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41144. It stands on Smith Branch. The Survey maps it on the Greenup quadrangle. It stands 541 feet above sea level.

Lloyd within Greenup County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

155 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Lloyd between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,280 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 38 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 burning54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined39
Arson/incendiarism38
Recreation and ceremony14
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources5485
21 September 2018Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources13285
19 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 September 1998Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 August 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 August 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenup County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Lloyd: 7 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Greenup MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bush-Corn MineClayPast Producer
Hoods Run MineClayPast Producer
Smith MineClayPast Producer
Cunningham PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Franklin Furnace PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Franklin Furnace PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Haverhill Plant & DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant

Every working recorded in Greenup County

Storms near this place

12 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lloyd in 12 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 5 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2011LightningLloyd1 hurt, $5,000A fire to an outbuilding was ignited when lightning hit an antenna. A Lloyd firefighter was then injured due to his close proximity to another lightning strike. He was having hearing problems. He was treated at a hospital and released.
September 2011HailLloyd$750,000Hen egg size hail damaged dozens of vehicles, including a rescue truck, 2 fire trucks and a camper. At least one patio glass door was damaged. Dents were left on roofs and awnings. Even a skylight to one house was damaged. One insurance agent had at least 2 dozen claims from the small community.
August 2020Flash FloodLloyd$10,000Coal Branch near the town of Lloyd rose out of its banks, causing a portion of Coal Branch Road to buckle, closing the road for a brief time.
September 2011HailLloyd$10,000no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindLloyd$5,000A microburst with winds of up to 90 miles per hour occurred along McKay Road, uprooting or snapping multiple trees in a northwest to southeast direction.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindLloyd$3,000A utility pole was snapped after trees fell onto the lines.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindLloyd$500A few trees were blown down in the Lloyd community.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindLloyd$250A tree fell down onto power lines at the intersection of McKay Road and Smith Branch Road outside the town of Greenup.
February 2025FloodLloyd-The Ohio River at Lloyd Greenup Lock exceeded its flood stage of 54 feet on the night of February 17th, then rose to a crest around 55.6 feet the next afternoon. The river then returned below flood stage on the morning of the 19th. While the river was out of its banks, water covered the roadway near the intersection of Brick Union Cemetery Road and Ohio River Road. Low spots along the river also flooded.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindLloyd-Trees were blown down at the intersection of Smith Branch Road and US Highway 23 South near Greenup.
June 2002HailLloyd-no account filed
May 1998HailLloyd-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Greenup County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Oliver Station0.3 miles18
Grays Branch2.4 miles15
Greenup3.7 miles18
Edgington4.2 miles15
Lynn4.7 miles13
Beechy4.8 miles13
Maloneton5.3 miles15
Limeville6.1 miles15

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 LloydAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6662240The 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 496917. 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.