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Dreyfus, Kentucky

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Berea census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40385. It lies near Hickory Flat Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Bighill quadrangle.

Dreyfus within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

79 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Dreyfus between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,611 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 burning38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Arson/incendiarism9
Recreation and ceremony8
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
8 September 1998Debris and open burning6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 September 2007Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 July 2012Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryGRAVEL LIC
8 June 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 June 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 June 2012Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryBRASSFIELD
25 June 2008Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

2 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dreyfus in 2 storm reports in 2018: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2018Thunderstorm WindDreyfus-There were trees down at Dreyfus and Muddy Creek near the wildlife refuge.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindDreyfus-There are trees down on Gumbottom Road.

Every storm recorded in Madison 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
Duluth2.6 miles16
Bobtown2.8 miles16
Crooksville (historical)3.0 miles15
Speedwell3.9 miles15
Kingston4.1 miles15
Brassfield4.2 miles15
Panola4.4 miles15
Bighill4.6 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 511886. 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.