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Vox, Kentucky

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Keavy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40701. It stands on Indian Camp Creek. The Survey maps it on the Vox quadrangle.

Vox within Laurel County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

109 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Vox between 1992 and 2019, burning about 904 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 53 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
Arson/incendiarism53
Debris and open burning18
Recreation and ceremony17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks1

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
6 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestCADILLIAC
5 September 2015Arson/incendiarism6.5 acresDaniel Boone National ForestAUGER SPRINGS
29 September 2008Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestWHIPPOORWILL
14 September 2005Arson/incendiarism108 acresDaniel Boone National ForestWHIPPOORWILL
27 August 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestBEGLEY
26 August 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestCOLDHILL CAMPFIRE
19 August 2008Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresDaniel Boone National Forest3 SISTERS
18 August 2008Natural160 acresDaniel Boone National ForestSPRUCE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Laurel County

Storms near this place

3 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vox in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2025Thunderstorm WindVox$500Laurel County 911 reported a tree down on a house in the 100 block of Lawson Lane.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindVox-Numerous trees were blown down.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindVox-Numerous trees were blown down.

Every storm recorded in Laurel 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
Keavy2.3 miles14
Hightop3.3 miles14
Baldrock4.5 miles16
Dorthae5.0 miles17
Hopewell5.7 miles17
North Corbin5.9 miles17
Camp Grounds6.8 miles17
Lily7.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 516193. 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.