Lot, Kentucky
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Saxton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40769. It lies near Boston Hill. The Survey maps it on the Jellico East quadrangle. It stands 1,004 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1890 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1894 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Jellico East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Jellico East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
188 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 188 fires within 5 miles of Lot between 1997 and 2020, burning about 15,622 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 77 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 77 |
| Debris and open burning | 60 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | 10 MILE MARKER/25W |
| 28 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 31 May 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tennessee Division of Forestry | PRIMROY RD SWIMMING HOLE |
| 29 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | 10 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 Lot: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jellico Stone Co. Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Jellico Stone Company Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone |
Storms near this place
8 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lot in 8 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lot | $2,000 | A couple of trees were blown down along Mud Creek. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Lot | $1,000 | Keswick Road was closed due to flash flooding. |
| July 2015 | Flood | Lot | $1,000 | Flash flooding transitioned to aerial flooding on Keswick Road, which lasted into the afternoon hours. The road was closed during this time. |
| August 2001 | Flash Flood | Lot | $1,000 | A man had to be rescued after attempting to dislodge his vehicle from swiftly flowing water over Lot - Mud Creek Road. |
| December 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lot | $1,000 | One tree, among several others blown down, fell on a house near Mud Creek. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lot | - | The 911 call center reported trees down on Keswick Road in southern Whitley County. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lot | - | A tree was blown down along KY-1804. |
| January 2010 | Flood | Lot | - | Lot Mud Creek Road was closed due to high water. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Red Ash | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Saxton | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Red Ash Coal Camp (historical) | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Mountain Ash | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Packard | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Pleasant View | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Nevisdale | 6.3 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 Lot | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690865 | 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 513645. 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.






