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Briarfield, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Princeton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42445. It lies near Morse Hill. The Survey maps it on the Olney quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Briarfield within Caldwell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

18 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Briarfield (historical) between 1999 and 2019, burning about 37 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
Recreation and ceremony9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Smoking2
Debris and open burning1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
25 September 2015Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryDAWSON ROAD
24 September 2008Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 August 2012Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCAMBELL
18 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 April 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCALSSEN
26 March 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 March 2009Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 March 2019Debris and open burning8.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryEUREKA ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Caldwell County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Briarfield (historical): 9 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Titanium, Tungsten. 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
Hobby Titanium DepositTitaniumOccurrence
Hobby Tungsten DepositTungstenProspect
Bright MineFluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Eddie Crowder MineFluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Gilbert Williamson DepositFluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Morgan Heirs Fluorspar TractFluorine-FluoriteProspect
Schwench MineFluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Senator Main ShaftFluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Senator No.1 ShaftFluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Senator No.2 ShaftFluorine-FluoritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Caldwell 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
Briarfield-Union Grove (historical)1.0 miles15
Bethany (historical)1.5 miles15
Farmersville1.9 miles15
Needmore2.5 miles15
Rufus3.0 miles15
Crowtown4.6 miles15
White Sulphur4.8 miles15
Pumpkin Center4.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743594. 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.