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Shipley, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Albany census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42602. It lies near Lettered Oak Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Albany quadrangle.

Shipley within Clinton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

34 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Shipley between 1999 and 2017, burning about 219 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning8
Recreation and ceremony6
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
20 September 2010Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHAY FIRE
30 April 2007Recreation and ceremony12 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 April 2009Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 April 2007Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 April 2010Debris and open burning30 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 April 2002Debris and open burning20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 April 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined80 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 April 2001Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clinton County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Shipley: 2 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Albany QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bald Rock MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Deep Well-Sphalerite OccurrenceZincOccurrenceSphalerite
Deep Well-Sphalerite OccurrenceZincOccurrence

Every working recorded in Clinton County

Storms near this place

7 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shipley in 7 storm reports between 1995 and 2003: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2002Thunderstorm WindShipley$50,000The roof was blown off a building.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindShipley$15,000Houses were damaged by thunderstorm winds.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindShipley-Spotter report of downed trees.
March 2003HailShipley-no account filed
May 2000HailShipley-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindShipley-no account filed
June 1996Tornado (F0)Shipley-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clinton 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
Willen (historical)0.5 miles12
Lettered Oak (historical)1.2 miles12
Lee Chapel (historical)2.2 miles12
Hobart2.7 miles15
Wolf River Dock2.9 miles12
Dicken (historical)2.9 miles12
Browns Crossroads3.6 miles12
Ewing (historical)3.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 503395. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.