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Little Cypress, Kentucky

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Calvert City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42029. It stands on Barrett Branch. The Survey maps it on the Little Cypress quadrangle.

Little Cypress within Marshall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 22 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

16 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Little Cypress between 1997 and 2016, burning about 146 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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
Recreation and ceremony8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
28 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
1 September 2007Smoking2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 April 2011Recreation and ceremony8.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryWINDSOR DRIVE
2 March 2012Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPOSSUM TR
13 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 February 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined16 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
14 February 2002Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 November 2008Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marshall County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Little Cypress: 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Ball Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Floating Plant IngramSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Negro Fairgrounds ProspectBall ClayProspect

Every working recorded in Marshall County

Storms near this place

4 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Little Cypress in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2024Thunderstorm WindLittle Cypress$20,000A trained spotter reported large trees downed over the road by thunderstorm winds, with an above ground pool side blown in. Emergency management provided photos of several rotted trees downed and carport damage between Possum Trot and Calvert City.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindLittle Cypress$10,000Part of a barn roof was blown off between Possum Trot and Reidland.
April 2011HailLittle Cypress-Hail nearly the size of golf balls occurred with a severe thunderstorm in the northwest part of the county.
May 2007HailLittle Cypress-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marshall 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
Possum Trot1.1 miles22
Angle Creek3.0 miles22
Cloud Crossing3.3 miles22
Sharpe3.4 miles12
Altona3.6 miles22
Harris Hill Ford4.8 miles12
Lone Valley (historical)4.9 miles13
Palma5.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508477. 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.