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Dice, 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 41701. It stands on Sixteenmile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hazard North quadrangle. It stands 988 feet above sea level.

Dice 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.

Fires near this place

624 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 624 fires within 5 miles of Dice between 1997 and 2020, burning about 27,298 acres in total. None started naturally. 145 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 burning247
Missing data/not specified/undetermined184
Arson/incendiarism145
Recreation and ceremony40
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 September 2007Debris and open burning30 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 September 2017Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySHERIFFS COURT
30 September 2007Recreation and ceremony30 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryAIRPORT WAY RD.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Perry County

Storms near this place

6 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dice in 6 storm reports between 2013 and 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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
February 2019Heavy RainDice$10,000The Department of Highways reported a major break in the pavement of Kentucky Highway 267 near Dice, following heavy rain on the 23rd. This forced the closure of the road for several days.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindDice$500A picture on social media showed a flag pole bent by thunderstorm winds at a residence in the vicinity of Dice.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindDice-A local media outlet reported a tree blown down on power lines on Lost Creek Road northwest of Dice, resulting in a temporary closure of the road.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindDice-A tree was blown down along KY-267.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindDice-A tree was blown down along KY-1146.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindDice-Roof damage occurred to homes near the airport.

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
Jones (historical)0.1 miles16
Sixteen (historical)1.4 miles16
Miller (historical)1.8 miles15
Rock Fork (historical)2.0 miles16
Mudlick (historical)2.4 miles13
Engle2.8 miles13
Stacy2.9 miles15
Harveyton3.7 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 DiceAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5272334The 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 507854. 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.