Egypt, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Annville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40402. It stands on Woods Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tyner quadrangle. It stands 1,135 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1891 USGS Manchester quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1953 USGS Tyner quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Tyner quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
289 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 289 fires within 5 miles of Egypt between 1997 and 2020, burning about 5,286 acres in total. None started naturally. 50 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 burning | 127 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 77 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 50 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 31 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HUCKLEBERRY FORK |
| 23 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Egypt in 5 storm reports between 2005 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2020 | Flood | Egypt | $2,000 | Water was reported over KY-421 near Egypt Penecostal Church. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Egypt | $500 | Trees were blown down and an outbuilding was damaged near the community of Egypt. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Egypt | - | Emergency Management reported nickel sized hail in Egypt. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Egypt | - | Large limbs and debris had to be removed from Highway 3630 in the communities of Annville, Tyner and Egypt. A large tree was also blocking the road at Annville. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Egypt | - | One tree down on Highway 421 near Egypt, and another blown down near Gravel Lick. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stringtown (historical) | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Welchburg | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| High Knob | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Tyner | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Zekes Point | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Mildred | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Maulden | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Herd | 3.7 miles | 13 |
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 Egypt | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5348298 | The 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 512017. 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.





