Stevenson, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Rousseau census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41339. It stands on Andys Branch. The Survey maps it on the Quicksand quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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 Quicksand quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Quicksand quadrangle1:24000
- 1972 USGS Quicksand quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
94 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Stevenson between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,623 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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 | 43 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 May 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 May 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | TOWER ROAD |
| 8 April 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stevenson in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 3 flash flood, 2 flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2000 | Flash Flood | Stevenson | $5,000 | Flood waters entered several homes along Highway 2466. |
| April 2015 | Flood | Stevenson | $1,000 | Meatscaffold Rd was underwater and impassable. There was also a mudslide blocking one lane of Hwy 30E. |
| May 2025 | Flood | Stevenson | - | Water was reported over the road at Meatscaffold Road, off KY-30 East, as well as at Bert Barnett's and Slate Branch. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stevenson | - | A tree was blown down onto Highway 30 west of Rousseau. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stevenson | - | A couple of trees were blown down along Kentucky Highway 30 east of Jackson to northeast of Guage. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Stevenson | - | Water was flowing across Meat Scaffold Road west of Rousseau. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Stevenson | - | Meatscaffold Branch had flooded Highway 2466 with water up to a foot deep. The water had receeded and uncovered the road as of 1250 am. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rousseau | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Wilstacy | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Guage | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Press | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Wells Fork | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Noctor | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Portsmouth | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Bays | 4.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509127. 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.








