Beech Bottom, Kentucky

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Albany census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42602. It stands on McIver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Savage quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Beech Bottom within Clinton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

1929 USGS Byrdstown quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Savage quadrangle1:24000
1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
1978 USGS Savage quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

77 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Beech Bottom (historical) between 1998 and 2019, burning about 2,375 acres in total. None 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 burning	49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	13
Arson/incendiarism	7
Railroad operations and maintenance	4
Recreation and ceremony	3
Equipment and vehicle use	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
13 September 1998	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
10 September 1999	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
13 August 2002	Recreation and ceremony	5.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
29 June 2012	Railroad operations and maintenance	90 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	DEEP MINE
5 April 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
19 April 2010	Debris and open burning	22 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
18 April 2010	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
18 April 2010	Debris and open burning	50 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clinton County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Beech Bottom (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Bald Rock Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Clinton 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
Rolan	0.6 miles	11
Braswell (historical)	1.5 miles	11
Maupin (historical)	2.5 miles	11
Savage	2.6 miles	11
Concord (historical)	2.7 miles	11
Cedar Knob	2.9 miles	11
Static	3.2 miles	11
Jones Mill	3.3 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2742096. 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.