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Argyle, Kentucky

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Dunnville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42539. It lies near Oak Hill Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Mintonville quadrangle. It stands 1,211 feet above sea level.

Argyle within Casey County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

31 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Argyle between 1998 and 2013, burning about 541 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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 burning10
Arson/incendiarism7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1
Smoking1

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
7 April 2013Railroad operations and maintenance41 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySTRONG BRANCH
2 April 2013Debris and open burning30 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMASSENGALE
2 April 2013Debris and open burning45 acresKentucky Division of ForestryELLIOT
2 April 2013Debris and open burning12 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFIRE TOWER
15 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 April 1999Natural12 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 April 2011Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryJONATHAN FORK
7 March 2000Arson/incendiarism80 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Casey County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Argyle: 2 producers. All of them still produce. 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
American Concrete Stone Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bethelridge MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Casey County

Storms near this place

3 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Argyle in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2012: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 hail. 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
April 2012Heavy RainArgyle-A spotter reported that around 3 inches of rain fell in about 2 hours.
February 2012HailArgyle-Along with hail, a member of the public reported an estimated 65 mph wind gust.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindArgyle-A trained spotter reported extremely heavy rain, sustained high winds, and gusts up to 60 mph.

Every storm recorded in Casey 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
Ferndale (historical)1.5 miles8
Ware2.4 miles8
Bethelridge2.7 miles8
Mintonville3.4 miles8
Mount Olive4.3 miles8
Gilpin4.5 miles7
Athens4.7 miles7
Calvary (historical)5.2 miles8

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 ArgyleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4789801The 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 507410. 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.

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.