Stacy Fork, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Cannel City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41472. It stands on Stacy Fork. The Survey maps it on the Cannel City quadrangle. It stands 823 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.
- 1889 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Cannel City quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Cannel City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
126 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Stacy Fork between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,224 acres in total. None started naturally. 27 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 | 52 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ST ROUTE 1081 |
| 14 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 July 2013 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 460-1081 INTERSECTION |
| 5 May 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 May 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stacy Fork in 7 storm reports between 2010 and 2019: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stacy Fork | $50,000 | A tree fell on a school bus, truck, and mini van on KY 191 between mile markers 9 and 10. The vehicles appeared to be totaled. |
| February 2019 | Heavy Rain | Stacy Fork | $5,000 | Local media reported a mudslide on Kentucky Highway 844 south of West Liberty due to recent heavy rain. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stacy Fork | $3,000 | Trees were reported down near the intersection of KY 191 and KY 844 near Malone. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stacy Fork | - | Three trees were blown down by wind gusts estimated at 60+ mph. |
| March 2012 | Flash Flood | Stacy Fork | - | Highway 844 near Stacy Fork was flooded and impassable. The water rose over the road in less than an hour. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stacy Fork | - | A spotter reported that his lawn furniture was being blown around by thunderstorm wind gusts 3 miles south of Canel City. Pea size hail was also falling when the report was called in. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Stacy Fork | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vance Fork (historical) | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Malone | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Panama | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Head of Stacy Fork (historical) | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Caney | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Holliday | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Upper White Oak Creek (historical) | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Gordon Ford | 3.1 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 Stacy Fork | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7596025 | 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 509116. 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.







