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Proctor, Kentucky

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Southwest Lee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41311. It stands on South Fork Kentucky River. The Survey maps it on the Beattyville quadrangle. It stands 823 feet above sea level.

Proctor within Lee County

On record in Proctor

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 within a mile 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

313 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 313 fires within 5 miles of Proctor between 1997 and 2020, burning about 4,335 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 66 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 burning108
Missing data/not specified/undetermined88
Arson/incendiarism66
Recreation and ceremony40
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryWHITE ASH
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism40 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 September 1999Arson/incendiarism45 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 September 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHWY 52 WEST #2
27 September 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryWHITE ASH
22 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHIGHWAY 11 SOUTH
18 September 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lee County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Proctor: 1 producer. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Yellow Rock Mine & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Lee County

Storms near this place

16 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Proctor in 16 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 2 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2023Thunderstorm WindProctor$20,000Broadcast media reported that a tree had been blown down onto a home in Beattyville.
June 2021Debris FlowProctor$6,000Several landslides occurred along KY-52 between Beattyville and the Breathitt County line (heading towards Jackson). Water was also reported across the road in a location.
May 2020Heavy RainProctor$3,000The Department of Highways reported a mudslide, due to previous heavy rainfall, on Proctor Road near Beattyville. This caused an extended closure of the road near the slide.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindProctor$3,000Trees were blown down on South Fork Rd.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindProctor$3,000Strong winds blew trees and power lines down.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindProctor$1,000A downed tree temporarily blocked Proctor Road south of Beattyville.
July 2022FloodProctor-West Main Street was covered with flood waters at the railroad underpass in Beattyville. Water was also over Lumber Street at the Valero Gas Station.
June 2021Flash FloodProctor-East Main Street is flooding.
June 2021Flash FloodProctor-Search and rescue was deployed in Beatyville to get people to safety due to ongoing flooding.
February 2019Heavy RainProctor-Department of Highway officials reported a later rockslide due to heavy rainfall over the past couple of days.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindProctor-A trained spotter reported a large tree down near Beattyville.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindProctor-A tree was blown down along Hwy 11S in the Proctor area.
February 2014Thunderstorm WindProctor-Trees were blown down on Hwy 3150.
November 2013Thunderstorm WindProctor-Multiple trees and large limbs were downed onto the highway.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindProctor-One tree down on Fred Brandenburg Road.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindProctor-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lee County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Beattyville0.4 miles13
Congleton1.2 miles13
White Ash1.5 miles13
Belle Point1.9 miles13
Maloney2.2 miles13
Enoch2.7 miles13
Mount Olive3.2 miles13
Lower Buffalo3.2 miles13

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 ProctorAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7247510The 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 514775. 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.