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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.

Ary within Perry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

Photographs

2 photographs, 1940 to 2020

Taken 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.

An appropriately decorated "Bookmobile" bus belonging to the Perry County Public Library in Hazard, a coal town of 4,500 or so population in the hills of southeastern Kentucky
An appropriately decorated "Bookmobile" bus belonging to the Perry County Public Library in Hazard, a coal town of 4,500 or so population in the hills of southeastern Kentucky
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Swinging bridge crossing over creek from main road to post office and store. Ary, Kentucky
Swinging bridge crossing over creek from main road to post office and store. Ary, Kentucky
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1940. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

474 since 1997

Regional 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 burning191
Missing data/not specified/undetermined135
Arson/incendiarism110
Recreation and ceremony33
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 September 2007Recreation and ceremony30 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 September 2007Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarism25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 2008Debris and open burning8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Perry County

Storms near this place

8 since 2000

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2010Thunderstorm WindAry$3,000One tree was uprooted and multiple large branches were blown down in Ary.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindAry-The Department of Highways observed a tree down on Jake Ridge Road near Ary.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindAry-A resident reported a measured wind gust of 62 mph and numerous trees down at his home in Ary, Kentucky.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindAry-A tree was blown down along Pigeon Roost Rd.
February 2014Thunderstorm WindAry-A tree was blown down and across Laurel Mountain Road.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindAry-A tree was blown down and across Hwy 476.
May 2008HailAry-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 2000Thunderstorm WindAry-Numerous trees reported down.

Every storm recorded in Perry 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
Upper Pidgeonroost (historical)1.9 miles16
Rock Fork (historical)2.2 miles16
Dwarf2.4 miles16
Whitsett (historical)3.7 miles16
Hiner3.7 miles16
Sixteen (historical)3.9 miles16
Stacy4.0 miles15
Dice4.1 miles16

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 AryAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q19460290The 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.