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Airedale, Kentucky

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Beattyville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41311. It stands on Log Shoal Branch. The Survey maps it on the Beattyville quadrangle. It stands 709 feet above sea level.

Airedale within Lee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

186 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 186 fires within 5 miles of Airedale between 1995 and 2020, burning about 1,949 acres in total. None started naturally. 37 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 burning70
Missing data/not specified/undetermined44
Arson/incendiarism37
Recreation and ceremony28
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2019Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBRUSH CREEK ROAD
13 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 September 1998Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
27 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryHWY 52 EAS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lee County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Airedale: 1 prospect. 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
Mud Tunnel ShaleClayProspect

Every working recorded in Lee 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
Saint Helens1.4 miles13
Primrose1.6 miles12
Maloney2.3 miles13
Monica2.4 miles12
Vada2.9 miles12
Fincastle3.0 miles13
Canyon Falls3.7 miles12
Tallega3.9 miles12

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 AiredaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4698661The 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 510224. 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.