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Ashcamp, Kentucky

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Ashcamp census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41522. It stands on Ashcamp Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hellier quadrangle. It stands 1,079 feet above sea level.

Ashcamp within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

209 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 209 fires within 5 miles of Ashcamp between 1995 and 2020, burning about 18,051 acres in total. None started naturally. 50 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 burning82
Missing data/not specified/undetermined53
Arson/incendiarism50
Recreation and ceremony20
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Other causes1

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 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreVirginia Department of Forestrynot named
6 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryASHCAMP
4 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresVirginia Department of Forestrynot named
12 September 2002Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 July 2017Other causesunder an acreVirginia Department of Forestrynot named
9 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBRUSHY BRANCH
18 June 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 June 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike 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 Ashcamp: 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
Elkhorn QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Johnson MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Pike County

Storms near this place

10 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ashcamp in 10 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 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
July 2012Thunderstorm WindAshcamp$15,000The roof was blown off of a structure and into the roadway near 2294 Hurricane Creek Rd.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindAshcamp$8,000Several trees were blown down onto Highway 197, blocking the roadway.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindAshcamp$5,000Large trees were uprooted, and an outbuilding was overturned by strong winds.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindAshcamp$1,000A tree was blown down and was blocking the roadway.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindAshcamp$1,000A tree was blown down and across Highway 195 at Edgewater.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindAshcamp-Trees were reported downed in the community of Ashcamp.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindAshcamp-Trees were reported blown down in the Ashcamp community of Pike County.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindAshcamp-Trees were blown down in Ashcamp.
April 2014HailAshcamp-There was a brief period when quarter size hail fell.
February 2003Thunderstorm WindAshcamp-Numerous trees were down along Kentucky Highway 197.

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
Edgewater2.0 miles19
Hellier2.4 miles19
Allegheny (historical)2.7 miles19
Kettlecamp (historical)2.7 miles19
Big Branch3.5 miles19
Lookout3.7 miles19
Henry Clay3.8 miles19
Senterville (historical)4.2 miles20

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 AshcampAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4804737The 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 486080. 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.