BlockNew Cypress, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Clinton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42031. The Survey maps it on the Clinton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1952 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Water Valley quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1977 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Murray quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
23 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of New Cypress between 1998 and 2018, burning about 155 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 | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | POWERLINE |
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DAVIS ROAD |
| 30 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Smoking | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GRUBBS ROA |
| 16 June 2015 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | COMBINE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Cypress in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2018: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2018 | Tornado (EF1) | New Cypress | $30,000 | This very brief tornado occurred in farm country of northeast Hickman County. All walls were blown out of a chicken barn. Peak winds were estimated near 100 mph. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Cypress | $25,000 | Trees were down countywide, including one that landed on Highway 307. Large limbs were down on other sections of Highway 307. A television antenna tower was toppled. The tower landed on an above-ground pool, destroying it. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Cypress | 1.5 miles | 10 | |
| Spring Hill | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Bugg | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Nichols | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Beulah | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Tar Heel | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| New Chapel (historical) | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Burgess | 5.3 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 499309. 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.