Mystic, Kentucky
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Irvington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40146. It lies near Dry Valley. The Survey maps it on the Lodiburg quadrangle. It stands 417 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1928 USGS Hardinsburg quadrangle1:48000
- 1931 USGS Hardinsburg quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Hardinsburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Lodiburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Lodiburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Mystic between 1999 and 2019, burning about 291 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BRUNER VALLEY ROAD |
| 28 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 April 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ADKINS LANE |
| 8 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2002 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mystic in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2018: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mystic | $10,000 | An amateur radio operator reported wind damage due to severe thunderstorm winds. The winds were estimated to be around 70 mph and resulted in damage to a carport along with roof damage. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mystic | - | There was a tree reported down 7 miles north of Hardinsburg in the area of KY-2279. |
| December 2013 | Flood | Mystic | - | A HAM Radio operator reported that KY Highway 86 near Lodiburg was closed due to high water. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Mystic | - | A NWS storm survey confirmed an EF-0 tornado with wind speeds estimated to be 65-80 mph touched down in Breckinridge county. The tornado lifted in several locations along the 11 mi. path, with the greatest width of 50 yards. The tornado continued into Meade county where it last lifted 4 miles west of Brandenburg. In Breckinridge county the damage was mainly to trees that were snapped or uprooted. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mystic | - | Trees down over roadway in Sample, KY. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sample | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Lodiburg | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Union Star | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Clifton Mills | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Stephensport | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Ammons | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Raymond | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Frymire | 5.0 miles | 17 |
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 Mystic | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6948912 | 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 508668. 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.









