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Ivyton, Kentucky

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Salyersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41465. It stands on Kelly Branch. The Survey maps it on the Ivyton quadrangle. It stands 984 feet above sea level.

Ivyton 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

260 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 260 fires within 5 miles of Ivyton between 1997 and 2020, burning about 7,890 acres in total. None started naturally. 45 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 burning100
Missing data/not specified/undetermined56
Recreation and ceremony47
Arson/incendiarism45
Equipment and vehicle use5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
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
25 September 2010Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of ForestryJIM ARNETT BRANCH
24 September 2019Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySKATING RINK HILL
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
14 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 August 2008Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

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 Ivyton: 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

6 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ivyton in 6 storm reports between 2004 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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 2004Thunderstorm WindIvyton$15,000An outbuilding was destroyed on Burning Fork Road.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindIvyton-Large tree limbs were blown down along KY-114 (Mountain Parkway) near Ivyton.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindIvyton-Nearly one dozen trees, including two hardwoods, were blown down on Kentucky Highway 114 within about three miles of the Floyd County line.
July 2007HailIvyton-no account filed
May 2007HailIvyton-no account filed
May 2004HailIvyton-no account filed

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
Bradley1.5 miles14
Marshallville2.2 miles16
Burning Fork2.9 miles14
Conley3.0 miles17
Royalton3.3 miles14
Gypsy3.3 miles16
Skaggs (historical)3.5 miles14
Sublett3.8 miles14

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 IvytonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6100006The 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 508324. 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.