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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1926 USGS Greenup quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1926 USGS Greenup quadrangle1:48000
- 1930 USGS Greenup quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Greenup quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenup quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Greenup quadrangle1:24000
- 1972 USGS Greenup quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Greenup quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
155 since 1997Regional 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 burning | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 38 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5485 |
| 21 September 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 13285 |
| 19 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenup Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Bush-Corn Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Hoods Run Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Smith Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Cunningham Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Franklin Furnace Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Franklin Furnace Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Haverhill Plant & Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant |
Storms near this place
12 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2011 | Lightning | Lloyd | 1 hurt, $5,000 | A 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 2011 | Hail | Lloyd | $750,000 | Hen 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 2020 | Flash Flood | Lloyd | $10,000 | Coal 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 2011 | Hail | Lloyd | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lloyd | $5,000 | A 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lloyd | $3,000 | A utility pole was snapped after trees fell onto the lines. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lloyd | $500 | A few trees were blown down in the Lloyd community. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lloyd | $250 | A tree fell down onto power lines at the intersection of McKay Road and Smith Branch Road outside the town of Greenup. |
| February 2025 | Flood | Lloyd | - | 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lloyd | - | Trees were blown down at the intersection of Smith Branch Road and US Highway 23 South near Greenup. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Lloyd | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Lloyd | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Station | 0.3 miles | 18 | |
| Grays Branch | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Greenup | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Edgington | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Lynn | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Beechy | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Maloneton | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Limeville | 6.1 miles | 15 |
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 Lloyd | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6662240 | 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 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.










