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Apple Grove, Kentucky

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Barbourville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40906. It stands on Richland Creek. The Survey maps it on the Barbourville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Apple Grove within Knox County

On record in Apple Grove

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 5 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

262 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 262 fires within 5 miles of Apple Grove (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 5,789 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 48 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 burning146
Arson/incendiarism48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined38
Recreation and ceremony23
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
8 September 2007Debris and open burning35 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
16 September 1999Debris and open burning16 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 September 2007Debris and open burning60 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 June 2012Debris and open burning63 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySWAN LAKE
23 June 2012Debris and open burning25 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBULL RUN F
16 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 June 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 May 2014Natural26 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySWAN POND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Knox 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
Barbourville0.6 miles17
Providence1.0 miles17
Boone Heights1.5 miles17
Heidrick1.8 miles18
Swanpond2.0 miles17
Davis Bend (historical)2.7 miles17
Swan Lake2.8 miles17
Artemus3.4 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2554724. 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.