Gray Hawk, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the McKee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40447. It stands on Rolling Fork. The Survey maps it on the McKee quadrangle. It stands 1,273 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Mc Kee quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
194 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 194 fires within 5 miles of Gray Hawk between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,772 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 53 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 | 72 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 53 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 25 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
| 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 |
| 2 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | 448 |
| 2 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | 290 |
| 17 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
21 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gray Hawk in 21 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 flash flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1997 | Hail | Gray Hawk | $30,000 | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gray Hawk | $5,000 | Trees were blown down on Highway 290. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Gray Hawk | $5,000 | Quarter size hail fell and trees were blown down on Highway 587. Some hail was still laying around in piles around dawn. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gray Hawk | $5,000 | Trees down at Route 421 and Soaptown Road blocking lanes. |
| January 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gray Hawk | $5,000 | Small buildings blown over. Windows blown out. |
| February 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gray Hawk | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Flash Flood | Gray Hawk | $1,500 | Local Emergency Management reported water flowing across Lower Atkinstown Road near U.S. Highway 421 southeast of McKee. This resulted in pavement being stripped from the road. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gray Hawk | - | The Jackson County dispatch reported a tree blown down across McCammon Ridge Road near the intersection with Kim Gay Lane. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Gray Hawk | - | An individual near Gray Hawk reported quarter-sized (1.00 inch) hail. |
| May 2020 | Flood | Gray Hawk | - | A citizen observed low lying flooding near Gray Hawk. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gray Hawk | - | A large tree was uprooted, causing it to fall onto a nearby fence. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gray Hawk | - | A tree was blown down on Lower Adkins Town Road in Gray Hawk. |
| August 2013 | Heavy Rain | Gray Hawk | - | A hyrdometeorological automated data system recorded a 24 hour rainfall total of 2.58 inches at Gray Hawk. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gray Hawk | - | Trees were blown down on Kelly Rd. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Gray Hawk | - | Hail nickel size and slightly larger fell for 20 minutes. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gray Hawk | - | A few trees down at the junction of Oak Grove Church Road and Highway 421. |
| May 2003 | Flash Flood | Gray Hawk | - | Water was over numerous roads between Gray Hawk and the Laurel County line, including Kentucky Highway 30 West, near Peoples. There was also much debris on Silver Lake Road after flood water receded. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Gray Hawk | - | no account filed |
| November 2002 | Hail | Gray Hawk | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Gray Hawk | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Hail | Gray Hawk | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atkinstown | 1.4 miles | 13 | |
| Smith (historical) | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Huff (historical) | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Privett | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Oak Grove (historical) | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Bradshaw | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Blooming Grove (historical) | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Mildred | 2.9 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 Gray Hawk | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5598183 | 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 512409. 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.




