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Dryhill, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Hyden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41749. It stands on Bull Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hyden West quadrangle.

Dryhill within Leslie County

On record in Dryhill

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

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

214 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 214 fires within 5 miles of Dryhill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,296 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 45 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 burning77
Missing data/not specified/undetermined65
Arson/incendiarism45
Recreation and ceremony20
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
30 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
31 August 2007Debris and open burning45 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 August 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
20 August 2008Debris and open burning310 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBAKER FORK
28 July 2002Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresKentucky Division of ForestryOWLS NEST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Leslie County

Storms near this place

8 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dryhill in 8 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 hail, 1 flash 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
February 2020FloodDryhill$225,000Local media reported significant flooding in Hyden, leading to a state of emergency declaration for the city. The city park was one of the areas under water. Several other locations around the county experienced significant road damage.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindDryhill$1,000Leslie County dispatch reported a tree blown down onto power lines near the intersection of River Road and McIntosh Road (in the vicinity of Hal Rogers Parkway) in the Dryhill community.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindDryhill$1,000A beech tree was blown down onto a powerline, blocking both lanes of traffic on Dry Hill Road near the Dryhill community.
March 2015FloodDryhill$1,000Lower McIntosh Rd was flooded where it intersects Owls Nest Rd.
February 2021Flash FloodDryhill-KY 3425 (Dry Hill - MacIntosh Road) is flooded and impassable between the Mountain Parkway and Owls Nest Road.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindDryhill-Trees were blown down.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindDryhill-There were trees down on Dry Hill road.
March 2012HailDryhill-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
Grassy (historical)2.2 miles14
Kaliopi2.2 miles15
Lower McIntosh (historical)2.6 miles14
Confluence3.3 miles14
Thousandsticks3.7 miles15
Toulouse4.1 miles14
Hyden4.2 miles14
Wooton5.0 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 511937. 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.