Providence, Kentucky
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Barbourville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40906. It stands on Smokey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Barbourville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1886 USGS Cumberland Gap quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Cumberland Gap quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Cumberland Gap quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1952 USGS Barbourville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Barbourville quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Middlesboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
283 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 283 fires within 5 miles of Providence between 1997 and 2020, burning about 7,860 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 55 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 | 153 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 55 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 24 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 63 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SWAN LAKE |
| 23 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BULL RUN F |
| 16 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 June 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 May 2014 | Natural | 26 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SWAN POND |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Providence in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Providence | $10,000 | Multiple trees were blown down 1 mile north of Dr Thomas Walker SHS along Highway 459. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Providence | $250 | The Knox County dispatch reported that strong thunderstorm wind gusts had blown down a tree onto KY-459 near the intersection with KY-11. |
| June 2021 | Funnel Cloud | Providence | - | A funnel cloud was reported near the Providence community in Knox County. |
| January 2010 | Flash Flood | Providence | - | Over one foot of running water over highway 6 in Barbourville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Grove (historical) | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Barbourville | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Heidrick | 2.1 miles | 18 | |
| Boone Heights | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Swanpond | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Dishman Springs | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Emanuel | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Swan Lake | 2.9 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 501367. 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.









