Vicco, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Defiance-Vicco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41773. It stands on Montgomery Creek. The Survey maps it on the Vicco quadrangle. 327 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 942 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresVicco fell from 334 to 327 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 334 | |
| 2020 | 327 | -7 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1891 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1916 USGS Cornettsville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Vicco quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Vicco quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
423 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 423 fires within 5 miles of Vicco between 1997 and 2020, burning about 13,832 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 78 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 | 188 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 120 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 78 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MONTGOMERY CREEK |
| 29 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | JEFF |
| 29 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vicco in 12 storm reports between 2002 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vicco | $50,000 | A tree fell on a house, and several other trees were down in the area. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vicco | $15,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down in Vicco. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vicco | $10,000 | Numerous trees were down. There were widespread power outages through the area. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vicco | $5,000 | A few trees and power lines were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vicco | $5,000 | Several trees and power lines down. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Vicco | $1,000 | A portion of Georges Branch Rd washed out. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vicco | - | A tree was reported to have been blown down onto the railroad tracks in Vicco. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Vicco | - | A local media affiliate reported water over the road, forcing the closure of one lane of Kentucky Highway 15 between Vicco and Sassafras. |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Vicco | - | Highway 1096 was closed due to flash flooding along with numerous side roads in the Vicco and Lotts Creek area. |
| February 2003 | Flash Flood | Vicco | - | One foot of water was flowing over Acup Road off of Highway 15. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vicco | - | Trees and power lines were down. |
| August 2005 | Hail | Vicco | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allock | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Scuddy | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Kodak | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Defiance | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Happy | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Acup (historical) | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Big Branch (historical) | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Fusonia | 3.3 miles | 16 |
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 Vicco | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2613050 | 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 506035. 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.






