Mikegrady, Kentucky
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Elkhorn City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41522. It lies near Bear Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Elkhorn City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 20 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 Elkhorn City quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Elkhorn City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1977 USGS Pikeville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
171 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 171 fires within 5 miles of Mikegrady between 1996 and 2020, burning about 10,996 acres in total. None started naturally. 43 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 | 61 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 43 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 22 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HONEY FORK |
| 28 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROUTE 80 |
| 19 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | JOHN MOORES BRANCH |
| 26 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 May 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Virginia Department of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 210 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DUNLEARY |
| 9 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SLICK ROCK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mikegrady in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2021: 1 hail, 1 debris flow. 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 | Debris Flow | Mikegrady | - | A mudslide is blocking the road along KY-1372 at mile marker 3. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Mikegrady | - | A citizen observed ping pong ball sized hail northeast of Elkhorn City. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedarville | 1.3 miles | 20 | |
| Beaver Creek (historical) | 2.0 miles | 20 | |
| Honey Fork | 2.3 miles | 20 | |
| Ferrell (historical) | 2.4 miles | 20 | |
| Lick Creek | 2.9 miles | 19 | |
| Beaver Bottom | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Elkhorn City | 3.2 miles | 20 | |
| Dunleary | 3.2 miles | 20 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122554747 | 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 508603. 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.
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.











