Provo, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Rochester census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42273. The Survey maps it on the South Hill quadrangle. It stands 469 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1911 USGS Dunmor quadrangle1:48000
- 1914 USGS Dunmor quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS South Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
21 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Provo between 2000 and 2017, burning about 235 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 February 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SWEEZERTOWN |
| 24 February 2014 | Debris and open burning | 21 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | TWO SLOUGH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Provo in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2010: 2 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Provo | - | Trees were reported downed in Provo with wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Provo | - | Trees were reported down in Provo. |
| April 2008 | Flood | Provo | - | The Green River at Rochester crested at 22.8 feet around 5 AM CST on April 8. Flood stage at Rochester is 17 feet. Minor flooding occurs at this level, with ferry operations suspended. |
| December 2007 | Flood | Provo | - | One county road was closed due to high water. Other roads were had water over them, but were passable. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mining City | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Rochester | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| South Hill | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Hope (historical) | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Logansport | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Dunbar | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Huntsville | 5.6 miles | 11 |
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 Provo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14691123 | 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 508882. 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.






