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Cutshin, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Cutshin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41776. It stands on Maggard Branch. The Survey maps it on the Cutshin quadrangle. It stands 1,014 feet above sea level.

Cutshin within Leslie County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

155 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Cutshin between 1997 and 2020, burning about 11,028 acres in total. None started naturally. 37 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 burning71
Arson/incendiarism37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Recreation and ceremony12
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
4 September 2007Debris and open burning55 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 September 1999Arson/incendiarism118 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
31 August 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 August 2008Debris and open burning60 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 August 2002Debris and open burning50 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 May 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Leslie County

Storms near this place

21 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cutshin in 21 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 15 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2011Thunderstorm WindCutshin$25,000Trees were blown down across the area. One tree fell onto a car and a house. Two homes sustained damage.
November 1996Flash FloodCutshin$15,000no account filed
June 2009Thunderstorm WindCutshin$10,000One tree was blown down in Cutshin, injuring one person. Other trees were also blown down in the area.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindCutshin$10,000Several trees were blown down and took down the power transformer serving customers in Cutshin Holler.
May 2025HailCutshin-Hail larger than quarter sized was reported near Cutshin along KY-699, south of the 6 to 7 mile markers. Hail of various sizes was also reproted to have fallen along the route to the Perry County line.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindCutshin-A barn was blown down.
April 2017FloodCutshin-A broadcast media affiliate sent along a report of high water causing the closure of Kentucky Highway 699 in Cutshin.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindCutshin-Numerous trees were blown down.
February 2014Thunderstorm WindCutshin-A tree was blown down and across a road in Cutshin.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindCutshin-There were trees down on Coon Creek.
June 2007HailCutshin-Public report via dispatcher.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindCutshin-Tree down on Cutshin Road.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindCutshin-Three trees down.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindCutshin-Large limbs down.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindCutshin-Downed trees blocking roads and knocking out power. Trees also down near upper Macintosh.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindCutshin-One tree down near Thousandsticks. Two to three trees down on Highway 699 near Cutshin.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindCutshin-Three trees down between mile markers 5 and 6 on Highway 699.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindCutshin-Trees down.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindCutshin-no account filed
May 1998HailCutshin-no account filed
July 1996HailCutshin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Leslie 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
Yeaddiss2.4 miles13
Cinda2.5 miles14
Causey2.6 miles14
Big Fork2.7 miles13
Daley3.5 miles16
Smilax3.5 miles14
Big Rock4.1 miles13
Wendover6.3 miles14

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 CutshinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5196915The 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 511692. 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.