Gray, Kentucky
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Gray census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40734. It lies near Gozey Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Corbin quadrangle. It stands 1,109 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1890 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1894 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:24000
- 1970 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
183 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 183 fires within 5 miles of Gray between 1997 and 2020, burning about 4,805 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 28 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 | 111 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2007 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 August 2007 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 233 |
| 8 April 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 246 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | EMANUEL LOOP |
| 8 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
19 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gray in 19 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 13 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gray | $25,000 | Trees and power lines down. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gray | $11,600 | A picture on social media showed a snapped power pole along Sam Parker Road. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gray | $5,000 | Part of the roof of a barn were ripped from the structure and strewn across a nearby field. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gray | $3,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew several trees and power lines down. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gray | - | County highway department reported multiple trees blown down in Gray along KY-233. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gray | - | A couple of citizens reported trees blown down in Gray and to points east, including one onto a home in Gray. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gray | - | Dispatch called in a report of a tree blown down on Highway 1232 in Gray. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gray | - | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gray | - | One tree was reported to have been blown down. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gray | - | Trees were blown down on Warrens Loop. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Gray | - | Higgins Road was closed due to flash flooding. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Gray | - | Flash flooding reported in Gray and Dowis Chapel road closed by flood waters. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gray | - | One tree down. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gray | - | Two trees down across Highway 1232. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gray | - | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| September 2024 | Hail | Gray | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Gray | - | no account filed |
| February 2003 | Hail | Gray | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Gray | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rossland | 1.5 miles | 18 | |
| Candle Ridge | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Siler | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Arkle | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Moore Hill | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Wilton | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Emanuel | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Dishman Springs | 5.6 miles | 17 |
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 | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q30621975 | 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 512406. 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.







