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Krypton, Kentucky

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Krypton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41754. It stands on Campbell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Krypton quadrangle. It stands 1,037 feet above sea level.

Krypton within Perry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

463 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 463 fires within 5 miles of Krypton between 1997 and 2020, burning about 17,026 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 105 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 burning186
Missing data/not specified/undetermined138
Arson/incendiarism105
Recreation and ceremony28
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Smoking1

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 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 September 2007Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined415 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryTRUST JOIST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Perry County

Storms near this place

11 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Krypton in 11 storm reports between 1999 and 2021: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 2 flash flood, 1 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
February 2021Flash FloodKrypton$15,000Hwy 451 was shut down due to flash flooding in the Krypton community. The fire department also had to rescue someone from the flood waters.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindKrypton$4,000Power lines down on Meadow Branch Road.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindKrypton$1,000Strong winds blew down trees in Krypton and Busy.
March 2021Debris FlowKrypton-KY-451 is closed due to a mudslide at mile marker 1.4. This would place it just south of Chavies and north of the Lead Branch community.
April 2007FloodKrypton-Route 451 closed due to flooding near the community of Yerkes.
April 2005Flash FloodKrypton-Junction of Highway 451 and Devil Skull Road closed due to high water.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindKrypton-Numerous trees down near Highway 451.
July 2000FloodKrypton-Heavy rains produced a mudslide on Highway 451. Mud and trees had to be cleared from the roadway.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindKrypton-Strong winds brought down several large trees.
April 2015HailKrypton-no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindKrypton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Perry 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
Lead Branch (historical)0.7 miles13
Napfor1.5 miles13
Dunraven2.0 miles13
Campbell (historical)2.3 miles13
Olivers (historical)2.5 miles13
Chavies2.7 miles13
Red Hill (historical)2.7 miles13
Lamont3.0 miles13

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 KryptonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14690786The 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 513180. 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.