BlockBraxton, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Salvisa-McAfee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40330. The Survey maps it on the Harrodsburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1905 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Braxton in 2019, burning about 78 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 October 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 78 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CHINN FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Braxton: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinn Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | Barite, Fluorite |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlawn (historical) | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Cane Hurst (historical) | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Dunnlora (historical) | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| McAfee | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Ebenezer | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| McGary Station (historical) | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Fairview (historical) | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Shawnee Run (historical) | 3.0 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507576. 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.