McKee, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the McKee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40447. It stands on Hayes Branch. The Survey maps it on the McKee quadrangle. 803 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,030 feet above sea level.
On record in McKee
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Arthur Lakes Log Houselisted 2000
Population over time
2 figuresMcKee grew from 800 to 803 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 800 | |
| 2020 | 803 | +3 (+0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1891 USGS Manchester quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1953 USGS Mc Kee quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
175 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 175 fires within 5 miles of McKee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,864 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 91 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 | 91 |
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | GRENADE |
| 7 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | SAWDUST |
| 2 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | 448 |
| 2 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | 290 |
| 2 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | CARLTON ROAD #2 |
| 17 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | STEER FORK |
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 McKee: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clover Bottom Underground | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Indian Creek Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names McKee in 1 storm report in 1994: 1 hail. 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 1994 | Hail | McKee | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradshaw | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Upper Indian Creek (historical) | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Hurley | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Sparks (historical) | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Macedonia | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Smith (historical) | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Atkinstown | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Waneta | 3.8 miles | 14 |
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 McKee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2278103 | 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 513872. 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.




