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Cyrus, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Salyersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41465. It stands on Wolfpen Branch. The Survey maps it on the Salyersville North quadrangle.

Cyrus within Magoffin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

424 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 424 fires within 5 miles of Cyrus between 1997 and 2020, burning about 9,954 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 75 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 burning164
Missing data/not specified/undetermined120
Arson/incendiarism75
Recreation and ceremony51
Equipment and vehicle use6
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
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
8 September 2002Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFALCON
25 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 2019Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySKATING RINK HILL
24 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 September 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
20 September 2008Debris and open burning6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Magoffin County

Storms near this place

5 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cyrus in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 4 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
June 2013Thunderstorm WindCyrus$10,000Numerous trees were blown down, with some of them landing on homes, powerlines, and vehicles in the Wheelersburg community. Hail damage was also noted to some homes and cars and several gardens were destroyed by wind blown hail.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCyrus-Trees were blown down along Old Lick Creek Road, near the community of Lickburg.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindCyrus-An NWS Employee and local media relayed reports of trees and large limbs blown down from Cyrus through Ivyton.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindCyrus-The Magoffin emergency manager reported a trailer was blown over off of route 3334 near 1081.
May 2008HailCyrus-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Magoffin 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
Stringtown2.0 miles15
Falcon2.0 miles15
Leatha2.1 miles15
Lickburg2.4 miles15
Wheelersburg2.8 miles15
Mashfork2.9 miles15
Flat Fork3.1 miles15
Salyersville3.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507804. 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.