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Vaughns Mill, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Clay City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40312. It stands on Frames Branch. The Survey maps it on the Clay City quadrangle.

Vaughns Mill within Powell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

74 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Vaughns Mill between 1996 and 2020, burning about 763 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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 burning23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Recreation and ceremony15
Arson/incendiarism14
Equipment and vehicle use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
26 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCHARLIE LANE
24 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestCHESTNUT STAND
24 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
14 September 2008Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 June 2015Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFIFE LICK
9 April 2017Debris and open burning11 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPAINT CREEK RD
7 April 2001Arson/incendiarism20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Powell County

Storms near this place

23 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vaughns Mill in 23 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 13 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 4 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2011Thunderstorm WindVaughns Mill$50,000Numerous large trees had been blown down. Several out buildings were also damaged or had their roofs blown off in the Hardwick Creek area.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindVaughns Mill$5,000A tree is on a 3-phase powerline along Spout Springs Road. The road is closed and repairs are ongoing.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindVaughns Mill$5,000Trees down along Hardwick Creek Rd.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindVaughns Mill$3,000Downed power lines blocked the road at the intersection of Hardwicks Creek and Frames Branch Roads southwest of Stanton.
November 2013Thunderstorm WindVaughns Mill$1,000A mobile home had a roof partially torn off the porch, antenna snapped off the top of the trailer and portable basketball goal blown over.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindVaughns Mill-Powell county dispatch reported a trees blown down near the intersection of Eddie Ridge Road and Happy Top Road.
May 2023HailVaughns Mill-Picture on social media showed hail up to golf ball-sized (1.75 inch) near Vaughns Mill.
May 2023HailVaughns Mill-A trained spotter reported nickel to quarter-sized (0.75 to 1.00 inch) hail covering the ground near Vaughns Mill.
February 2022Thunderstorm WindVaughns Mill-Dispatch reported that a tree was down on Hardwicks Creek Road near the community of Vaughns Mill.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindVaughns Mill-The highway department reported a tree down across KY-1057 around mile marker 2.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindVaughns Mill-A ree reported down at the corner of Spout Springs Rd and Hardwicks Creek Rd.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindVaughns Mill-A tree was reported down near the intersection of Happy Top and Eddie Ridge Roads, just southwest of Clay City.
February 2019Flash FloodVaughns Mill-Dispatch reported that several roads experienced swiftly flowing water over them south of Stanton. This includes Campton Road, Pecks Creek Road, and Little Hardwicks Creek Road.
June 2019Heavy RainVaughns Mill-The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet reported a mudslide on Kentucky Highway 1087 south of Clay City, due to prior heavy rainfall.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindVaughns Mill-A tree was blown down and across KY Hwy 2001.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindVaughns Mill-A tree was blown down near Route 1057.
February 2014Thunderstorm WindVaughns Mill-Two trees were blown down on Frames Branch Road.
August 2013Flash FloodVaughns Mill-A foot of water was flowing across the intersection of Highways 1057 and 2001 at Vaughns Mill Rd.
August 2013Flash FloodVaughns Mill-A foot of water was flowing across 1017 Hardwicks Rd.
April 2011HailVaughns Mill-The hail was the size of golf balls and was falling on Happy Top road.
May 2010Flash FloodVaughns Mill-A swift water rescue was performed on Frames Branch Road near Clay City. A motorist drove their car into flood waters and got stuck.
September 2006Flash FloodVaughns Mill-Hardwicks Creek Road closed due to high water.
June 2009HailVaughns Mill-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Powell 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
Happy Top (historical)2.3 miles12
Hatton Creek (historical)2.8 miles13
Clay City3.2 miles12
Piggville (historical)3.6 miles12
Waltersville3.7 miles12
Stanton3.8 miles13
Old Clay City Road (historical)3.9 miles12
Powell Valley3.9 miles12

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 Q122591862The 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 516178. 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.