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Russell, Kentucky

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Flatwoods-Russell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41169. It stands on Bear Run. The Survey maps it on the Ironton quadrangle. 3,744 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 646 feet above sea level.

Russell within Greenup County

On record in Russell

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 1 record

Population over time

3 figures

Russell grew from 3,645 to 3,744 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20003,645
20103,380-265 (-7%)
20203,744+364 (+11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

209 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 209 fires within 5 miles of Russell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,533 acres in total. None started naturally. 41 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 burning101
Arson/incendiarism41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Recreation and ceremony10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Other causes4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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
7 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distribution11 acresWayne National ForestWIND FIRE
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWayne National ForestJANIE FIRE
28 September 1998Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWayne National ForestIRONTON #1 FIRE
20 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWayne National ForestHANGING ROCK SPUR A
29 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWayne National ForestCABIN
8 July 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWayne National ForestHANGING ROCK #1
28 July 1999Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresWayne National ForestOSBORN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenup 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 Russell: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ironton Plant Number 85ClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Greenup County

Storms near this place

9 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Russell in 9 storm reports between 2004 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. 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
July 2012Thunderstorm WindRussell$20,000Several trees were blown down.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindRussell$2,000A large thirty to forty foot maple tree was blown down on a residence near the town of Russell.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindRussell$500Downed trees were observed at Railroad Street.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindRussell$250A downed tree blocked Poplar Street in Russell.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindRussell-Large branches were snapped off.
March 2011HailRussell-no account filed
March 2011HailRussell-no account filed
April 2009HailRussell-no account filed
July 2007HailRussell-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Greenup 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
Riverview0.9 miles17
Flatwoods1.1 miles17
Russell Heights1.2 miles17
West Russell1.6 miles17
Bellefonte1.8 miles22
Raceland2.3 miles17
Worthington2.6 miles17
Melrose2.8 miles17

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 RussellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2686934The 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 502497. 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.