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Cyclone, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Cane Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42728. The Survey maps it on the Cane Valley quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cyclone within Adair County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

25 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Cyclone (historical) between 1998 and 2020, burning about 118 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined9
Debris and open burning6
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1

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
20 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHARMON ROAD
24 August 1999Natural1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 April 2010Debris and open burning15 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 March 2007Debris and open burning8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 March 2016Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryHWY 61N FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Adair County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cyclone (historical): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Butler QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Adair 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
Cane Valley1.0 miles12
Kellyville2.1 miles12
Mount Pleasant (historical)2.3 miles12
Coburg2.5 miles12
Butler Branch (historical)3.4 miles9
Absher3.6 miles12
Hatcher3.7 miles10
Holmes4.1 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743194. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.