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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.

Mystic within Breckinridge County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

17 since 1999

Regional 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/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony6
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
22 September 2019Arson/incendiarism40 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBRUNER VALLEY ROAD
28 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
1 April 2014Railroad operations and maintenance20 acresKentucky Division of ForestryADKINS LANE
8 March 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined18 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 March 2002Debris and open burning16 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 March 2009Recreation and ceremony25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 March 2009Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Breckinridge County

Storms near this place

5 since 2008

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2015Thunderstorm WindMystic$10,000An 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 2018Thunderstorm WindMystic-There was a tree reported down 7 miles north of Hardinsburg in the area of KY-2279.
December 2013FloodMystic-A HAM Radio operator reported that KY Highway 86 near Lodiburg was closed due to high water.
April 2011Tornado (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 2008Thunderstorm WindMystic-Trees down over roadway in Sample, KY.

Every storm recorded in Breckinridge 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
Sample2.1 miles17
Lodiburg2.2 miles17
Union Star2.9 miles17
Clifton Mills3.6 miles17
Stephensport4.6 miles14
Ammons4.6 miles17
Raymond5.0 miles15
Frymire5.0 miles17

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 MysticAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6948912The 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.