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Dycusburg, Kentucky

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the South Crittenden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42037. It stands on Harp Hollow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dycusburg quadrangle. 26 people lived here at the 2010 count. It stands 374 feet above sea level.

Dycusburg within Crittenden County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 18 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

18 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Dycusburg between 1997 and 2013, burning about 76 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning1

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
25 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBROWNS MI
23 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 April 2013Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBROWNS MINE RD.
4 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 April 2009Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crittenden County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Dycusburg: 5 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Cobalt, Diatomite, Manganese, Nickel, Zinc. 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
Mineral Ridge - Claylick Fluorspar MinesFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, LeadProducer1870
Yandell MinesCobalt, Diatomite, Manganese, Nickel, ZincPast Producer1902
Billy Owl MineFluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Cullen No2Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1968
Green MineFluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Lewis ProspectFluorine-FluoriteProspect
Mcclure ProspectFluorine-FluoriteProspect
Mineral Ridge MineFluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Silverstar MineFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Crittenden County

Storms near this place

6 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dycusburg in 6 storm reports between 2001 and 2020: 2 flash flood, 2 flood, 1 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
May 2010Flash FloodDycusburg$270,000The Cumberland River rose rapidly as releases from Barkley Dam were increased to record levels. About a dozen residences were flooded in Dycusburg, and others were evacuated because they were isolated by floodwaters. The community that was primarily affected was Dycusburg. Water was two to three feet deep in some homes. There was extensive flooding of fields and woods. A few roads were closed, including State Route 295 at Dycusburg.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindDycusburg$6,000There were several roofs damaged in and around Marion. At a house on U.S. 60 just outside of Marion, a privacy fence was blown over, and vinyl siding was damaged. Power lines were damaged at Dycusburg.
January 2020Flash FloodDycusburg-Water was over Axel Creek Road.
May 2010FloodDycusburg-The Cumberland River remained steady at very high levels as releases from Barkley Dam were maintained near record levels. About a dozen residences stayed flooded, and others remained vacant because they were isolated by floodwaters. The community that was primarily affected was Dycusburg. There was extensive flooding of fields and woods. A few roads were closed, including State Route 295 at Dycusburg.
May 2010FloodDycusburg-Floodwaters from a creek rose up to car doors on Kentucky Highway 902 at mile marker 5.
March 2011HailDycusburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Crittenden 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
Frances4.8 miles18
Owens School (historical)5.6 miles18
Mexico6.5 miles18
Centerville (historical)7.5 miles18
View7.6 miles21
Fredonia (historical)8.0 miles18
Lilydale8.1 miles18
New Salem8.6 miles21

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 DycusburgAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2524706The 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 491380. 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.

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.