Ryan, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Hillsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41093. It stands on Mudlick Branch. The Survey maps it on the Cranston quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1951 USGS Cranston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Cranston quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
44 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Ryan between 1996 and 2020, burning about 897 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2007 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 July 2012 | Natural | 10 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | BEN HAM |
| 7 July 1999 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | BEN HAM |
| 8 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | SCHOOLHOUSE |
| 8 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ISLAND FORK |
| 6 April 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 146 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | ISLAND FORK |
| 4 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | THURMAN BR |
| 4 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 9.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ryan in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Ryan | $1,000 | Ryan Road near Muses Mills was closed due to flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muses Mills | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Park Lake Resort (historical) | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Plummers Landing | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Plummers Mill | 6.6 miles | 8 | |
| Goddard | 7.0 miles | 8 | |
| Wallingford | 7.3 miles | 8 | |
| Carpentersville (historical) | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Pea Ridge (historical) | 7.8 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 515152. 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.




