Kaliopi, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Hyden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41749. It stands on Devils Jump Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hyden West quadrangle. It stands 1,148 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1891 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1916 USGS Hyden quadrangle1:48000
- 1919 USGS Hyden quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Hyden West quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Hyden West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Hyden West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
139 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Kaliopi between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,555 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 46 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 | 46 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | ELKHORN FUMBLE |
| 26 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 31 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 August 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | HIDIAWAY |
| 21 August 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 June 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kaliopi in 3 storm reports between 2005 and 2012: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2012 | Hail | Kaliopi | - | The hail ranged from dime to half dollar size. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Kaliopi | - | Quarter size hail fell on Hell For Certain Rd in Kaliopi. |
| August 2005 | Hail | Kaliopi | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dryhill | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Confluence | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Thousandsticks | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Grassy (historical) | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Sizerock | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Lower McIntosh (historical) | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Jason | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Hyden | 5.5 miles | 14 |
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 Kaliopi | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6353086 | 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 513093. 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.








