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Gulnare, Kentucky

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Mayflower census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41501. It stands on Sycamore Creek. The Survey maps it on the Thomas quadrangle.

Gulnare within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

69 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Gulnare between 1997 and 2020, burning about 4,448 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 20 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 burning25
Arson/incendiarism20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Recreation and ceremony9
Natural1

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
30 September 2019Arson/incendiarism25 acresKentucky Division of ForestryIVY CREEK
30 September 2019Arson/incendiarism25 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBUFFALO
17 September 2019Arson/incendiarism654 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCLARK BRANCH 2
29 August 2011Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryJOHN'S CREEK ELEM. SCHOOL
3 May 2001Natural1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 April 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 April 1997Debris and open burning35 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLOWER JOHNS CREEK#2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Storms near this place

12 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gulnare in 12 storm reports between 2000 and 2022: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2003Thunderstorm WindGulnare$5,000There was structural damage to a porch on a modular home and a greenhouse.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindGulnare$3,000Trees were blown down on KY Hwy 94 a mile northwest of Gulnare.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindGulnare$2,000Two trees were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindGulnare$2,000Two trees were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts.
September 2014Flash FloodGulnare$1,000River Branch Road became flooded when River Branch Creek came out of its banks. The flood water had receded and the creek was back in its back as of 540 pm.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindGulnare$1,000A large tree was blown down, blocking Hwy 194 between Millers Creek and Lowes Branch.
July 2022Flash FloodGulnare-The Pike County Emergency Manager sent a photo of water flowing over the road along Sycamore Creek near the community of Gulnare.
March 2017HailGulnare-A citizen reported quarter sized hail near Gulnare.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindGulnare-A few trees were uprooted and structural damage to some buildings also occurred in the area.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindGulnare-Trees were blown down.
July 2000FloodGulnare-Heavy rains caused creeks to overflow their banks, causing minor road damage and mudslides.
May 2004HailGulnare-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pike 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
Sycamore (historical)0.6 miles16
CC Maynards Settlement (historical)2.3 miles16
McCombs2.5 miles16
Banyan (historical)2.6 miles16
Lowe (historical)2.9 miles16
Miller Creek (historical)3.3 miles15
Joes Creek (historical)3.8 miles15
Heenon3.9 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508147. 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.