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Sip, Kentucky

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Nippa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41255. It stands on Caudill Branch. The Survey maps it on the Sitka quadrangle. It stands 837 feet above sea level.

Sip within Johnson 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

164 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 164 fires within 5 miles of Sip between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,648 acres in total. None started naturally. 39 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 burning57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined39
Arson/incendiarism39
Recreation and ceremony24
Equipment and vehicle use3
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
9 September 2010Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryROSS CREEK
8 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLITTLE MUD LICK RT. 201
22 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
14 September 2008Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 September 2010Recreation and ceremony15 acresKentucky Division of ForestryM SALYERS ROAD II
20 June 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sip: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Flat Gap ShaleClayProspect
Volga ShaleClayProspect

Every working recorded in Johnson 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
Kerz0.9 miles17
Chandlerville1.0 miles17
Winifred2.0 miles17
Sitka3.1 miles17
Flatgap3.2 miles17
Volga4.4 miles17
Wittensville4.5 miles17
Nippa4.6 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 SipAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7525543The 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 509064. 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.