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Kyrock, Kentucky

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Brownsville North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42285. It stands on Pigeon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bee Spring quadrangle.

Kyrock within Edmonson 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

25 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Kyrock between 1998 and 2019, burning about 735 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1

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 1999Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use400 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
16 April 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMammoth Cave National ParkTAURUS
13 April 2003Smokingunder an acreMammoth Cave National ParkWET PRONG
12 April 2014Recreation and ceremony40 acresKentucky Division of ForestryJOCK ROAD
11 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPEACE ROAD
6 March 2012Debris and open burning9.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryKEY CEMETE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Edmonson County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Kyrock: 3 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Clay, Coal, Coal, Fire Clay (Refractory), Rock Asphalt, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Bee Spring QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dismal Creek Eastwall Clay PitClay, CoalProspect
Dismal Creek QuarryFire Clay (Refractory), Rock Asphalt, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dismal Creek West Clay PitCoal, ClayProspect
Irving QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducer
Johnson Mine Clay PitClayProspect

Every working recorded in Edmonson County

Storms near this place

7 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kyrock in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
April 2003HailKyrock$20,000Homes and vehicles were damaged by golf ball size hail. There was also minor crop damage reported.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindKyrock$15,000A tree fell on a power line on Nolin Dam Road.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindKyrock$15,000The public reported power lines down.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindKyrock-A couple of trees were down on Nolin Dam Road. Another tree was down on Lakeshore Drive.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindKyrock-Local law enforcement reported trees down on Brier Run Road.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindKyrock-no account filed
May 2000HailKyrock-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Edmonson 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
Ridgedale0.6 miles13
Woodside0.8 miles13
Sweeden1.4 miles13
Bee Spring2.3 miles13
Oak Ridge2.4 miles15
Lindseyville2.8 miles13
Hillview2.9 miles15
Broadway3.6 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.

Wikidata item Q122539114The 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 508410. 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.