Quincy, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Garrison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41166. It stands on Briery Branch. The Survey maps it on the Garrison quadrangle. It stands 541 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1915 USGS Garrison quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS Garrison quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Garrison quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1951 USGS Garrison quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
79 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Quincy between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,691 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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 | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | APPLE TREE/ SR 784 |
| 24 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SOCS DR. |
| 14 July 1999 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 May 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Quincy: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horner Mine | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Quincy in 4 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quincy | $2,000 | A tree was downed onto wires and blocked several driveways along Kentucky Drive. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quincy | $2,000 | Trees were reported down across railroad tracks due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quincy | $2,000 | Powerlines were knocked down. |
| August 2018 | Flood | Quincy | - | Water was reported over Montgomery Road near Garrison. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garrison | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Rexton | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Saint Paul | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Upper Bruce (historical) | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Firebrick | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Kirkville | 6.9 miles | 14 | |
| Buena Vista | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Tannery | 7.1 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 Quincy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q30622101 | 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 501486. 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.







