Slemp, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Daisy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41763. It stands on Owens Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tilford quadrangle. It stands 1,037 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1891 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1916 USGS Cornettsville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Tilford quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
145 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Slemp between 1997 and 2020, burning about 13,599 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 29 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 | 59 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 78 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 July 2014 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BARK CAMP BRANCH- DELPHIA |
| 22 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | POLLY HOLLOW |
| 13 June 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CASTLE OAK ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Slemp in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2018: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slemp | $7,000 | Several trees were down along Highways 7 and 699. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slemp | $5,000 | A tree was blown down and onto power lines on Owens Branch Rd in Slemp. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slemp | - | The Kentucky Department of Highways relayed a report of a tree blown down across Kentucky Highway 699 between Slemp and Daisy. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slemp | - | A tree was blown down along KY-699. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beehive (historical) | 0.2 miles | 14 | |
| Beech Fork (historical) | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Wentz | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Daisy | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Delphia | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Tilford | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Cornettsville | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Leatherwood | 4.5 miles | 13 |
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 Slemp | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14691242 | 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 515485. 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.





