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Upper Tygart, Kentucky

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Upper Tygart census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41164. It stands on Flat Fork. The Survey maps it on the Soldier quadrangle.

Upper Tygart within Carter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

158 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 158 fires within 5 miles of Upper Tygart between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,271 acres in total. None started naturally. 28 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 burning54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined42
Arson/incendiarism28
Recreation and ceremony23
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
23 September 2010Debris and open burning7.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryB AND B LANE
17 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 September 2002Debris and open burning40 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 August 2002Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHIGHWAY 59
26 June 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryDAVIS LANE
4 May 2014Debris and open burning6.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBRUCE HOLLOW
31 May 2008Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carter County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Upper Tygart: 10 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Chespeake Sandstone PitSilicaPast Producer
Lawton Sandstone PitSilicaProspect
Railroad Sandstone PitSilicaPast Producer
Dry Branch Strip MineClayPast Producer
Ford Burchett Clay MineClayPast Producer
Ford Burchett Clay MineClayPast Producer
Ford Burchett MineClayProducer
Soldier Fork-Macabee Creek Mine 1ClayPast Producer
Soldier Fork-Macabee Creek Mine 2ClayPast Producer
Soldier Fork-Macabee Creek Mine 3ClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Carter County

Storms near this place

4 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Upper Tygart in 4 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 4 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2015Flash FloodUpper Tygart$100,000Small runs flowing into Tygarts Creek from the hillsides flooded around Olive Hill. Examples of these small creeks were Mill Branch and Henderson Branch. Urban flash flooding occurred in the town of Olive Hill, closing many streets and flooding a few vehicles. Water was 6 to 12 inches deep in some streets. Water surrounded buildings, causing minor flood damage. Yet, water levels began to recede before serious damage occurred. The main stem of Tygarts Creek did not flood.||Other flooding occurred in the eastern portion of the county. Near Norton Branch, the road along Shanty Branch was impassable. Water covered portions of Route 1654. Damron Branch also overflowed near Grayson.
June 2021Flash FloodUpper Tygart$30,000The Upper Tygart Branch at Mile Marker 4.1 of US Route 60 near Olive Hill rapidly rose and flooded the roadway and nearby areas, including Tygart Elementary School. US 60 was closed overnight on the 9th to allow emergency repairs to be conducted.
March 2013Flash FloodUpper Tygart$5,000Streams overflowed and blocked roads in scattered locations across much of the county. Route 60 was closed by the headwaters of Tygart Creek. Route 174 was closed heading south out of Olive Hill. Cory Branch flooded Sammons Hollow Road.
July 2025Flash FloodUpper Tygart-Flooding was observed on sections of Route 60 from Olive Hill toward Morehead. One such place was the intersection of 60 and Rayburn Fork Road.

Every storm recorded in Carter County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Globe1.9 miles9
Soldier2.7 miles8
Hayward2.8 miles8
Enterprise2.8 miles8
Reeder (historical)2.9 miles9
Fitch3.5 miles8
Silica (historical)3.5 miles9
Rose Hill3.6 miles9

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.

Wikidata item Q122544929The 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 516161. 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.