Warren, 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 40906. It stands on Blue Hole Branch. The Survey maps it on the Artemus quadrangle. It stands 1,063 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
152 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Warren between 1997 and 2020, burning about 8,239 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 33 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 | 69 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 225 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GOLDENS CREEK |
| 24 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | COAL PORT #1 |
| 29 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GOLDEN CREEK STRIP |
| 16 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 36 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 June 2014 | Natural | 80 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PUNKIN PATCH |
| 7 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Warren in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Warren | $75,000 | Dispatch reported that several feet of water was flowing over KY 255 and that the road had been closed as a result of the flooding. The flood water had also moved homes off of their foundations around Barbourville. |
| July 2019 | Flash Flood | Warren | $6,000 | Dispatch reported flash flooding from Kayjay Camp Road in Kayjay to Jonestown Road near Wheeler. Both roads were impassable as water entered residences. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warren | $1,000 | A tree was blown down along KY Route 225 near Warren. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warren | - | Knox county dispatch reported trees blown down onto KY-225, near the intersection with Warren Camp Road, in the community of Warren. |
| February 2022 | Flood | Warren | - | KY-225 was blocked due to flooding in the area at mile marker 4, near the community of Kayjay. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kayjay | 0.7 miles | 18 | |
| Wheeler | 1.9 miles | 18 | |
| Trosper | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| East Jellico (historical) | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Avis (historical) | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Brush Creek (historical) | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Davis Bend (historical) | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Artemus | 5.5 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 Warren | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7969982 | 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 506234. 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.









