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Ulysses, Kentucky

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Adams census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41264. It stands on Crestley Branch. The Survey maps it on the Richardson quadrangle. It stands 577 feet above sea level.

Ulysses within Lawrence 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

202 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 202 fires within 5 miles of Ulysses between 1997 and 2020, burning about 9,776 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 74 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
Arson/incendiarism74
Debris and open burning67
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Recreation and ceremony17
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
6 September 2018Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPEACH ORCHARD
27 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2010Recreation and ceremony25 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPINEY POINT FARM
20 September 2007Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
16 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
14 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCHARLIE HOLLOW
25 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Storms near this place

14 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ulysses in 14 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 8 hail, 5 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2013Thunderstorm WindUlysses$50,000Several trees were blown down. One mobile home had its roof ripped off. Another house had a section of its roof damaged. The Walnut Grove Church was also damaged. Electricity was knocked out.
June 2013HailUlysses$10,000Leaves were stripped off of trees. The driving rain pasted the leaves against outside walls of homes and on vehicles.
June 2013Tornado (EF0)Ulysses$10,000A weak tornado descended a steep hillside from the county border. The storm then went across a small narrow valley containing Youngs Branch to the adjacent hilltop. ||Peak wind gusts were estimated by the survey team at 75 mph. ||Several trees were snapped off or broken coming down the initial hillside. The 2 houses on the second hilltop sustained minor damage to soffits. One half of a barn door was ripped off. There was more soffit damage to the barn. Between the 2 residences, a large metal car port was ripped off and thrown several yards. A large fenced garden was also damaged. There was no hail, but leaves were ripped off the trees and other vegetation. The leaves were left pasted onto all sides of the homes.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindUlysses$5,000Trees fell onto power lines.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindUlysses$5,000Trees and large branches fell onto power lines.
April 2015HailUlysses$5,000no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindUlysses$3,000Near the town of Ulysses, several trees were downed onto power lines.
June 2011HailUlysses$1,000no account filed
June 2011HailUlysses$1,000no account filed
May 2025Thunderstorm WindUlysses$500A few trees were blown down and blocked Nelson Branch Road.
May 2025HailUlysses-no account filed
May 2011HailUlysses-no account filed
May 2011HailUlysses-no account filed
July 2006HailUlysses-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lawrence 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
Richardson1.7 miles17
Brows Defeat (historical)1.7 miles17
Patrick2.2 miles17
Ray (historical)2.3 miles17
Georges Creek2.4 miles17
Ben Bow2.6 miles17
Lost Creek (historical)2.7 miles17
Charley2.7 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 UlyssesAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7880897The 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 509258. 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.