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Blooming Rose, Kentucky

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the South Crittenden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42078. It stands on Flatlick Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lola quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Blooming Rose within Crittenden County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 21 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

15 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Blooming Rose (historical) between 1999 and 2017, burning about 98 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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/undetermined5
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
14 September 1999Smoking1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 March 2010Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 March 2010Recreation and ceremony10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 March 2009Recreation and ceremony40 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
20 March 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 February 1999Debris and open burning6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 December 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crittenden County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 38 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Blooming Rose (historical): 21 past producers, 14 prospects, 2 unknowns, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Zinc, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Big Four Group Fluorspar MinesFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, LeadPast Producer1874
Burns MineZinc, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Chittenden - Black - WrightFluorine-Fluorite, Barium-BariteProspect1919
Delhi-BabbFluorine-Fluorite, ZincPast Producer1918
Givens ProspectZinc, Nickel, Manganese, Cobalt, DiatomitePast Producer1900
May MineZinc, Lead, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect
Wright MineFluorine-Fluorite, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Babb-Barnes ConcentratorFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, ZincPlant
Babb-Barnes MineFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, ZincPast Producer1899, 1974
Ben Belt MineFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Crittenden 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
Liberty Grove (historical)2.1 miles21
Pleasant Grove (historical)2.7 miles21
Irma3.0 miles23
Milford3.2 miles24
Sheridan4.2 miles21
Barnett (historical)5.2 miles24
Siloem (historical)5.6 miles21
Glendale (historical)5.7 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743663. 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.