Snow, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Albany census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42602. It lies near Huddleston Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Wolf Creek Dam quadrangle. It stands 1,014 feet above sea level.
On record in Snow
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Judge Killis Huddleston Houselisted 1994 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Wolf Creek Dam quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Wolf Creek Dam quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
46 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Snow between 1998 and 2019, burning about 690 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HUBBARD HOLLAR |
| 7 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FOX FIRE |
| 7 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Snow: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Bald Rock Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Snow in 6 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Snow | $2,000 | The second touchdown of a tornado in with a storm that moved across Clinton County produced EF-1 damage in a path just under 1/2 mile. Four utility poles were snapped along U.S. Highway 127, as were several large diameter trees in a narrow path on a wooded hill to the east of the highway. |
| March 2025 | Flash Flood | Snow | - | State Garage Road was closed. |
| June 2019 | Flood | Snow | - | Water flowed over Miller Road near Highway 90. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snow | - | State officials reported trees down on State Garage Road. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Snow | - | Nickel-sized hail was reported on Highway 90 north of Albany. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Snow | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upchurch | 1.4 miles | 11 | |
| Ida | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| Williams Creek (historical) | 2.1 miles | 10 | |
| Wago | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Hopkins (historical) | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Seventy Six | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Marlow | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Cartwright | 3.2 miles | 10 |
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 Snow | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7548131 | 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 509088. 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.




