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Bangor, Kentucky

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Morehead census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40351. It stands on Carpenter Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bangor quadrangle.

Bangor within Rowan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

50 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Bangor between 1995 and 2020, burning about 342 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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 burning15
Recreation and ceremony12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking3
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
4 September 2002Smoking2.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestDEVILS SPA
27 September 1998Smokingunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestLAKESIDE
14 September 2008Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresDaniel Boone National ForestZILPO
11 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryWHITTS ACRES
6 July 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestPARAGON CAMPGROUND FIRE
3 July 2012Natural7.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestCOMBS
3 July 2012Natural6.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestYOCUM
17 July 1995Natural15 acresDaniel Boone National ForestLITTLE PEA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rowan County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bangor: 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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
D QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Barnett ShaleClayProspect
Zag ShaleClayProspect

Every working recorded in Rowan County

Storms near this place

4 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bangor in 4 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 3 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
August 2024Thunderstorm WindBangor-A tree was blown down at the Banger Boat Ramp along Cave Run Lake, 7 miles south of Clearfield.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindBangor-A tree was blown down on Bangor Boat Dock Road along Cave Run Lake.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindBangor-Department of Highway officials reported large tree limbs down on Highway 519 and Clay Lick Road south of Morehead.
November 2002HailBangor-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Rowan 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
Mount Hope (historical)0.6 miles11
Paragon2.1 miles11
Lick Fork3.9 miles11
Craney4.7 miles11
Cogswell5.2 miles11
Clearfield8.2 miles11
Lakeview Heights8.2 miles11
Bluestone8.3 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 510183. 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.