Lynn, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Greenup census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41144. It stands on Sugarcamp Branch. The Survey maps it on the Load quadrangle.
On record in Lynn
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Bennett's Mill Bridge, Spanning Tygart's Creek, East Tygart's Creek Road (CR 1215), Lynnfederal building survey, 11 photographs
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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 Load quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
161 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of Lynn between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,671 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 46 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 | 60 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 24 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ALCORN ROA |
| 22 June 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 May 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 May 1997 | 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
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lynn: 3 past producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hannah Clay Co. Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Howland Tract Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Madden Mine | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lynn in 4 storm reports between 2016 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2021 | Flood | Lynn | $10,000 | Tygarts Creek near Greenup rose above its 20 foot bankfull level on the afternoon of March 1st. The creek crested at 20.35 feet and returned to its banks late that same evening. Low areas along State Route 7 and County Route 2070 flooded during this time. The country store in Load and some homes near Tygarts Creek also flooded. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynn | $250 | One tree was blown down near the town of Lynn. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Lynn | - | High water was observed on Sugar Camp Road near the town of Load. |
| December 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynn | - | County Route 827 was blocked by a fallen tree. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 497369. 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.






