Bates, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Maysville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41056. It stands on Bull Fork Creek. The Survey maps it on the Maysville East quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bates within Mason County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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.

1929 USGS Springdale quadrangle1:48000
1929 USGS Springdale quadrangle1:62500
1935 USGS Springdale quadrangle1:62500
1952 USGS Maysville East quadrangle1:24000
1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Maysville East quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1986 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
1991 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
1992 USGS Maysville East quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

7 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Bates (historical) between 1999 and 2019, burning about 21 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Arson/incendiarism	1
Debris and open burning	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
5 August 1999	Arson/incendiarism	7.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
1 May 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	10230
20 April 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
23 March 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6.5 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	MAXEY FLAT
15 March 2014	Recreation and ceremony	4.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	CABIN CREEK
3 November 2007	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
13 October 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	15301

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mason County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Bates (historical): 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Calcium, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Cabin Creek Mine	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Maysville Kiln	Calcium	Producer
Buckeye Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Franfort Mtls. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Maysville Dredging, Inc.	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Mason 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Springdale	2.0 miles	12
Maysville	2.2 miles	15
Plumville	2.8 miles	12
Somo	3.3 miles	12
Taylors Mill (historical)	4.4 miles	12
Country Club Heights	4.6 miles	13
Orangeburg	4.7 miles	12
Shawnee Hill (historical)	4.9 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2362879. 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.