Lookout, Kentucky
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Hellier census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41522. It stands on Seng Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hellier quadrangle. It stands 1,007 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1886 USGS Grundy quadrangle1:125000
- 1890 USGS Grundy quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Grundy quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1915 USGS Regina quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Regina quadrangle1:48000
- 1916 USGS Regina quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1917 USGS Regina quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Hellier quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Pikeville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
306 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 306 fires within 5 miles of Lookout between 1997 and 2020, burning about 27,520 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 59 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 | 120 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 86 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 59 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ASHCAMP |
| 23 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BRUSHY BRANCH |
| 30 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | POOR BOTTO |
| 18 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lookout: 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highway 80 Roadcut | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Roadcut Shale | Clay | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lookout in 2 storm reports between 2003 and 2010: 2 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lookout | $1,000 | One tree was reported down near Lookout. |
| February 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lookout | - | Multiple trees were down along Kentucky Highway 195. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Clay | 0.5 miles | 19 | |
| Big Branch | 0.7 miles | 19 | |
| Rockhouse | 1.2 miles | 19 | |
| Edgewater | 1.7 miles | 19 | |
| Hellier | 1.8 miles | 19 | |
| Venters | 2.0 miles | 19 | |
| Dry Fork | 2.2 miles | 19 | |
| Ratliff | 2.9 miles | 19 |
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 Lookout | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6675449 | 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 497161. 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.










