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Adamson, Kentucky

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Jenkins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41537. It stands on McPeak Branch. The Survey maps it on the Jenkins East quadrangle.

Adamson within Letcher County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

188 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 188 fires within 5 miles of Adamson between 1996 and 2020, burning about 9,265 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 46 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 burning85
Arson/incendiarism46
Recreation and ceremony25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural1
Smoking1
Other causes1

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 2007Debris and open burning65 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 September 2007Debris and open burning40 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 September 2007Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 September 2019Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryJOE'S BR #2
29 September 2019Recreation and ceremony6.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryDUSTY RD.
28 September 2019Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryJOE'S BR.
27 September 2007Recreation and ceremony132 acresGeorge Washington & Jefferson National ForestsTUCKER GAP
24 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Letcher County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Adamson: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
Jenkins MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Number 1 MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
Number 1 MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Letcher 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
Burdine1.4 miles19
East Jenkins1.6 miles19
Gaskill2.0 miles19
Jenkins3.4 miles18
Lick Fork (historical)3.5 miles19
Beefhide3.7 miles18
Dunham3.7 miles18
McRoberts4.9 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507375. 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.