Trosper, Kentucky
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Trosper census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40903. It stands on Powers Branch. The Survey maps it on the Artemus quadrangle. It stands 1,014 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1886 USGS Cumberland Gap quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Cumberland Gap quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Cumberland Gap quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1952 USGS Artemus quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Artemus quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Middlesboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
260 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 260 fires within 5 miles of Trosper between 1997 and 2020, burning about 7,243 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 55 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 | 122 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 62 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 55 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | US HWY 25E |
| 24 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | COAL PORT #1 |
| 16 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 36 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Trosper: 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 25-E Roadcut | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Trosper in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Hail | Trosper | $10,000 | A social media report showed pictures of at least egg-sized hail in the community of Trosper around 4pm. The hail reportedly broke windshields in the area. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trosper | $3,000 | A tree was blown down and onto a home in Trosper off of KY Hwy 225. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Trosper | - | A resident of Trosper reported that water from Brush Creek was flowing toward their home on KY225. The depth of the water was unknown. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Jellico (historical) | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Avis (historical) | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Brush Creek (historical) | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Warren | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Himyar | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Artemus | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Kayjay | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Davis Bend (historical) | 3.6 miles | 17 |
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 Trosper | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7846301 | 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 509237. 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.









