Sandy Hook, Kentucky

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Sandy Hook census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41171. It stands on Howards Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sandy Hook quadrangle. 641 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 771 feet above sea level.

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Sandy Hook within Elliott County

Population over time

2 figures

Sandy Hook fell from 675 to 641 between 2010 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.

Year	People	Change
2010	675
2020	641	-34 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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.

1950 USGS Sandy Hook quadrangle1:24000
1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Sandy Hook quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

76 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Sandy Hook between 1998 and 2020, burning about 2,330 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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	40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	17
Arson/incendiarism	12
Recreation and ceremony	5
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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
29 September 2008	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
10 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
5 July 2012	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Kentucky Division of Forestry	MOBILE HOM
9 April 2007	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
8 April 2013	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	HOWARDS CREEK
4 April 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
30 April 2001	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
3 April 2010	Railroad operations and maintenance	20 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elliott 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 Sandy Hook: 1 prospect. 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
	Highway 32 Roadcut	Clay	Prospect

Every working recorded in Elliott County

Storms near this place

46 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sandy Hook in 46 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 26 thunderstorm wind, 15 hail, 5 flash 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
March 1997	Flash Flood	Sandy Hook	$1,100,000	no account filed
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandy Hook	$50,000	There were trees down and power outages countywide.
June 1998	Flash Flood	Sandy Hook	$50,000	The nursing home had to be evacuated. Water came within 2 to 3 feet of the building. Two houses were also affected by flood waters.
March 1997	Flash Flood	Sandy Hook	$50,000	no account filed
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandy Hook	$25,000	The Elliott county EM reported that 1.65 inches of rain had fallen and that several trees had been blown down along Hwy 504. There were also numerous power outages in Sandy Hook.
April 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandy Hook	$7,000	Several pine trees were blown donw on Hwy 719.
January 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandy Hook	$6,000	Trees were blown down onto Highway 7, Route 32, Route 755, and Highways 1620, 885 and 173 by wind gusts estimated at 62 mph.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandy Hook	$5,000	Structual damage including roofs blown off of houses and trailers, along with numerous trees down.
March 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandy Hook	$5,000	no account filed
February 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandy Hook	$4,000	Trees were blown down near Gimlet and an outbuilding roof was blown off.
August 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandy Hook	$3,000	County dispatch reports that trees were blown down near Sandy Hook.
March 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandy Hook	$3,000	no account filed
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandy Hook	$2,000	Elliott County Dispatch received 21 reports of trees down from around the county, and two reports of downed power lines. Most of the trees were blown down along Brown Ridge Road, north of Sandy Hook, as well as KY-32, south of Sandy Hook.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandy Hook	$2,000	Two trees blown down.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandy Hook	$1,000	A tree was blown down along Rt 32 near Sandy Hook.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandy Hook	$1,000	One tree down on Highway 706 off of Highway 7.
March 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandy Hook	-	A dumpster was blown into someones yard. Trees were blown down and into a home. One home suffered roof damage, while another had its porch blown off.
March 2017	Hail	Sandy Hook	-	A citizen reported penny sized hail near Sandy Hook.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandy Hook	-	A tree was blown down and across Hwy 650.
April 2015	Hail	Sandy Hook	-	Hail up to the size of quarters fell for up to 15 minutes.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandy Hook	-	Numerous reports were received of trees down across the county with 600 people without power.
April 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandy Hook	-	Trees down on Highway 32 and lots of small tree limbs down county wide requiring cleanup.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandy Hook	-	Two trees down on Highway 486 and on State Road 1555.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandy Hook	-	Several trees down.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandy Hook	-	Trees down on Highway 556.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandy Hook	-	Trees down along ridgetop between Sandy Hook and Olive Hill.
May 2004	Hail	Sandy Hook	-	Three quarter inch diameter hail was reported at a church.
June 2003	Flash Flood	Sandy Hook	-	A restaurant was flooded.
July 2001	Flash Flood	Sandy Hook	-	Heavy rains brought several creeks and streams out of their banks.
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandy Hook	-	Several trees were blown down.
October 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandy Hook	-	Numerous trees down along Kentucky State Highway 173.
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandy Hook	-	Strong winds brought several trees down in the southern section of town.
November 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandy Hook	-	Trees were reported down in several locations.
February 2017	Hail	Sandy Hook	-	no account filed
March 2012	Hail	Sandy Hook	-	no account filed
July 2012	Hail	Sandy Hook	-	no account filed
May 2010	Hail	Sandy Hook	-	no account filed
June 2007	Hail	Sandy Hook	-	no account filed
January 2006	Hail	Sandy Hook	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Sandy Hook	-	no account filed
August 2006	Hail	Sandy Hook	-	no account filed
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandy Hook	-	no account filed
March 2003	Hail	Sandy Hook	-	no account filed
July 2003	Hail	Sandy Hook	-	no account filed
July 2003	Hail	Sandy Hook	-	no account filed
May 1996	Hail	Sandy Hook	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Elliott 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Bell City	0.3 miles	10
Faye	2.3 miles	10
Fannin	2.3 miles	9
Bigstone	2.6 miles	10
Newfoundland	3.4 miles	9
Little Sandy	3.4 miles	10
Bascom	3.7 miles	10
Newcombe	3.8 miles	9

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 Sandy Hook	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2184136	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 502983. 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.