Briarfield-Union Grove, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Fredonia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42445. It stands on Briarfield Branch. The Survey maps it on the Crider quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1908 USGS Princeton quadrangle1:62500
- 1910 USGS Princeton quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Crider quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Crider quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Madisonville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
18 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Briarfield-Union Grove (historical) between 1998 and 2019, burning about 67 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 ceremony | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CAMBELL |
| 18 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CRESWELL H |
| 6 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CALSSEN |
| 26 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Briarfield-Union Grove (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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobby Titanium Deposit | Titanium | Occurrence | ||
| Hobby Tungsten Deposit | Tungsten | Prospect | ||
| Bright Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Eddie Crowder Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Gilbert Williamson Deposit | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Morgan Heirs Fluorspar Tract | Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| Schwench Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Senator Main Shaft | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Senator No.1 Shaft | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Senator No.2 Shaft | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Briarfield (historical) | 1.0 miles | 15 | |
| Farmersville | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Rufus | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Needmore | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Bethany (historical) | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Harper Ford | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Creswell | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Fryer | 4.9 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743595. 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.







