Ary, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Dice census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41712. It stands on Pigeonroost Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hazard North quadrangle. It stands 876 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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
- 1914 USGS Troublesome quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Hazard North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Hazard North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Hazard North quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
2 photographs, 1940 to 2020Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1940. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
474 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 474 fires within 5 miles of Ary between 1997 and 2020, burning about 16,666 acres in total. None started naturally. 110 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 | 191 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 135 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 110 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 33 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ary in 8 storm reports between 2000 and 2019: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ary | $3,000 | One tree was uprooted and multiple large branches were blown down in Ary. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ary | - | The Department of Highways observed a tree down on Jake Ridge Road near Ary. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ary | - | A resident reported a measured wind gust of 62 mph and numerous trees down at his home in Ary, Kentucky. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ary | - | A tree was blown down along Pigeon Roost Rd. |
| February 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ary | - | A tree was blown down and across Laurel Mountain Road. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ary | - | A tree was blown down and across Hwy 476. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Ary | - | Penny size hail fell for about 5 minutes. A thunderstorm wind gust estimated at between 50 and 75 mph also occurred while the hail was falling. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ary | - | Numerous trees reported down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Pidgeonroost (historical) | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Rock Fork (historical) | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Dwarf | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Whitsett (historical) | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Hiner | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Sixteen (historical) | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Stacy | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Dice | 4.1 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 Ary | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19460290 | 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 509552. 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.







