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Blue Pond, Kentucky

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hickman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42050. It lies near Wilson Hill. The Survey maps it on the Bondurant quadrangle. It stands 292 feet above sea level.

Blue Pond within Fulton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

33 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Blue Pond between 1999 and 2017, burning about 231 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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/undetermined11
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
22 September 2007Railroad operations and maintenance30 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use3.2 acresTennessee Division of ForestryEIGHTY ONE
24 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryKUDZU
24 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use50 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 June 2011Debris and open burning28 acresTennessee Division of ForestryTHIRTY TWO
20 June 2001Debris and open burning2.0 acresTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
16 April 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresTennessee Division of ForestryTHIRTY THREE
10 April 2017Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBROWNSVILLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton 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 Blue Pond: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Graphite. 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
Carborundum Co/ Hickman, Ky.GraphiteProducer
Emma D. DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Fulton 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
Beech Grove (historical)1.2 miles17
Anna Lynne1.3 miles13
Brownsville2.2 miles17
Ledford2.4 miles13
Mabel2.8 miles13
Bondurant3.3 miles13
Sassafras Ridge (historical)4.2 miles13
Miller4.4 miles13

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q14690127The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743890. 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.