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Argo, Kentucky

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Phelps census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41568. It stands on Camp Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hurley quadrangle. It stands 892 feet above sea level.

Argo within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 20 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

152 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Argo between 1992 and 2019, burning about 9,481 acres in total. None started naturally. 47 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 burning55
Arson/incendiarism47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Recreation and ceremony8
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes2
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
29 September 2019Debris and open burning40 acresKentucky Division of ForestryWOODMAN CREEK RD.
22 September 2019Debris and open burning7.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHURRICANE CREEK
21 September 2010Debris and open burning46 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFERRELL ROAD
3 May 1999Arson/incendiarism30 acresVirginia Department of Forestrynot named
1 May 2001Arson/incendiarism15 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 April 2010Debris and open burning95 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 April 2002Recreation and ceremony30 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 April 2018Debris and open burning36 acresKentucky Division of ForestryOWENS FORK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Storms near this place

1 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Argo in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 flash flood. 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
July 2012Flash FloodArgo$1,000Camp Creek was reported out of its banks. Rock slides were also reported nearby.

Every storm recorded in Pike 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
Hurricane (historical)1.1 miles20
Camp Creek (historical)1.3 miles20
Stopover2.9 miles23
Woodman3.0 miles23
Paw Paw3.9 miles20
Jamboree4.1 miles20
Majestic4.2 miles23
Arrow (historical)4.9 miles24

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 ArgoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4789607The 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 486024. 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.