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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.

Gray within Knox County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

183 since 1997

Regional 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 burning111
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Arson/incendiarism28
Recreation and ceremony13
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2007Debris and open burning35 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 September 2007Debris and open burning50 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 September 2007Recreation and ceremony20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 September 2007Debris and open burning60 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 August 2007Natural1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 May 2015Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHWY 233
8 April 2017Arson/incendiarism246 acresKentucky Division of ForestryEMANUEL LOOP
8 April 2002Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Knox County

Storms near this place

19 since 2001

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2009Thunderstorm WindGray$25,000Trees and power lines down.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindGray$11,600A picture on social media showed a snapped power pole along Sam Parker Road.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindGray$5,000Part of the roof of a barn were ripped from the structure and strewn across a nearby field.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindGray$3,000Thunderstorm winds blew several trees and power lines down.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindGray-County highway department reported multiple trees blown down in Gray along KY-233.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindGray-A couple of citizens reported trees blown down in Gray and to points east, including one onto a home in Gray.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindGray-Dispatch called in a report of a tree blown down on Highway 1232 in Gray.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindGray-Trees and power lines were blown down.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindGray-One tree was reported to have been blown down.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindGray-Trees were blown down on Warrens Loop.
June 2009Flash FloodGray-Higgins Road was closed due to flash flooding.
May 2009Flash FloodGray-Flash flooding reported in Gray and Dowis Chapel road closed by flood waters.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindGray-One tree down.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindGray-Two trees down across Highway 1232.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindGray-Numerous trees were blown down.
September 2024HailGray-no account filed
March 2012HailGray-no account filed
February 2003HailGray-no account filed
June 2002HailGray-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Knox 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
Rossland1.5 miles18
Candle Ridge1.6 miles17
Siler1.7 miles17
Arkle2.3 miles18
Moore Hill3.9 miles17
Wilton4.2 miles17
Emanuel4.8 miles18
Dishman Springs5.6 miles17

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 GrayAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q30621975The 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.