Cleopatra, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Calhoun census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42327. The Survey maps it on the Calhoun quadrangle. It stands 453 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1908 USGS Calhoun quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Calhoun quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Cleopatra between 2001 and 2013, burning about 91 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 March 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 November 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LAWN MOWER |
| 2 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 November 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PASCAL KING RD. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cleopatra in 1 storm report in 2016: 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Cleopatra | $8,000 | Flowing water damaged a culvert on a county road near Beech Grove. Parts of State Roads 136 West, 56 North, 250, and 140 were under water. The Kentucky mesonet site several miles northwest of Calhoun measured 5.18 inches during the morning. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leachman (historical) | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Johnson Island | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Wyman | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Glovers (historical) | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Guffie | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Brooks (historical) | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Poverty | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Mayo Hills (historical) | 3.9 miles | 13 |
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 Cleopatra | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5131724 | 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 507714. 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.






