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Gypsy, Kentucky

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Royalton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41464. It stands on Meredith Branch. The Survey maps it on the Ivyton quadrangle. It stands 974 feet above sea level.

Gypsy within Magoffin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

231 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 231 fires within 5 miles of Gypsy between 1997 and 2020, burning about 15,869 acres in total. None started naturally. 43 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 burning105
Arson/incendiarism43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined41
Recreation and ceremony34
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
7 September 2010Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBIG LICK
7 September 2007Debris and open burning50 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2010Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of ForestryJIM ARNETT BRANCH
23 September 2008Debris and open burning40 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
16 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySKAGGS
16 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryABBOTT CREEK
15 September 2019Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryDANNY BLANTON RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Magoffin County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Gypsy: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Burning Fork ShaleClayProspect

Every working recorded in Magoffin County

Storms near this place

1 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gypsy in 1 storm report in 2021: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
December 2021Thunderstorm WindGypsy-A member of the public relayed a report from the 911 dispatch, in which they had received a complaint that a tree was down on South Puncheon Fork Road (Route 1766) near the 1 mile marker, blocking the roadway.

Every storm recorded in Magoffin 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
Marshallville1.7 miles16
Gapville2.3 miles16
Galdia2.4 miles16
Swampton2.5 miles14
Royalton3.2 miles14
Ivyton3.3 miles16
Skaggs (historical)3.9 miles14
Fredville3.9 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 GypsyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14690511The 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 508152. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.