Bibbtown, Kentucky

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Russellville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42256. It stands on Buena Vista Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lewisburg quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bibbtown within Logan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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.

1951 USGS Lewisburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Bowling Green quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

15 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Bibbtown (historical) between 2001 and 2014, burning about 109 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Arson/incendiarism	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	3
Recreation and ceremony	3
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
25 September 2008	Railroad operations and maintenance	6.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
24 April 2014	Arson/incendiarism	7.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	LOGAN RAILROAD
19 April 2001	Arson/incendiarism	1.5 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
17 April 2008	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
8 March 2010	Recreation and ceremony	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
23 March 2011	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	HINTON
23 March 2011	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	EPLEY STATION
2 March 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	55 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Logan 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 Bibbtown (historical): 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc. 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
	Frazier Hollow Prospect	Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc	Prospect
	Kentucky Flagstone Company Quarry	Silica	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Logan 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
Shed (historical)	2.0 miles	8
Epleys	2.5 miles	8
Spa	3.6 miles	7
Stewarts Ridge (historical)	3.8 miles	8
Crossroad	3.8 miles	8
Kedron (historical)	3.8 miles	8
Edwards	3.9 miles	8
Danby	3.9 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743067. 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.