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Arvel, Kentucky

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Southwest Lee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40447. It lies near Hale Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Leighton quadrangle.

Arvel within Lee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

154 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Arvel between 1993 and 2020, burning about 7,808 acres in total. None started naturally. 79 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
Arson/incendiarism79
Debris and open burning38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Recreation and ceremony10
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
26 September 1999Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestWILD DOG
19 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
16 September 1999Arson/incendiarism45 acresDaniel Boone National ForestGRASSY FORK
12 September 1998Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestRADER RIDGE
10 September 1999Arson/incendiarism60 acresDaniel Boone National ForestRADAR RIDGE
1 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestSTEER FORK
1 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestHALE RIDGE #2
1 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestFARMERS RIDGE #1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Cressmont4.9 miles11
Delvinta5.0 miles11
Yellow Rock5.6 miles11
Heidelberg6.2 miles11
Willow Shoals6.3 miles11
Ida May6.3 miles11
Belle Point7.9 miles13
Pinnacle7.9 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 510307. 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.