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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.

Kaliopi within Leslie County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

139 since 1992

Regional 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 burning46
Arson/incendiarism46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Recreation and ceremony12
Natural3
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
5 September 2007Arson/incendiarism30 acresDaniel Boone National ForestELKHORN FUMBLE
26 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
31 August 2007Debris and open burning45 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 August 1999Natural1.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestHIDIAWAY
21 August 1999Natural1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
1 June 2007Recreation and ceremony20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Leslie County

Storms near this place

3 since 2005

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2012HailKaliopi-The hail ranged from dime to half dollar size.
March 2012HailKaliopi-Quarter size hail fell on Hell For Certain Rd in Kaliopi.
August 2005HailKaliopi-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Leslie 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
Dryhill2.2 miles15
Confluence3.0 miles14
Thousandsticks3.4 miles15
Grassy (historical)3.5 miles14
Sizerock4.4 miles15
Lower McIntosh (historical)4.8 miles14
Jason5.2 miles15
Hyden5.5 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 KaliopiAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6353086The 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.