BlockOld 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. It stands on Bugg Creek. 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
28 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Old Cypress between 1998 and 2019, burning about 171 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
| 27 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 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 |
| 15 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MOON BURN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Cypress | 1.5 miles | 10 | |
| Nichols | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Bugg | 2.7 miles | 10 | |
| Beulah | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Spring Hill | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Burgess | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Fulgham | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| New Chapel (historical) | 6.2 miles | 18 |
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 Q122553926 | 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 508742. 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.