Brinegar, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Upper Tygart census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41164. It stands on Brushy Fork. The Survey maps it on the Haldeman quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1929 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:48000
- 1935 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Haldeman quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Haldeman quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
162 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Brinegar between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,628 acres in total. None started naturally. 40 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 58 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 25 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | NATURAL LIGHT |
| 17 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 June 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DAVIS LANE |
| 4 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BRUCE HOLLOW |
| 4 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 May 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | UPPER CRANEY SPUR |
| 9 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Brinegar: 8 past producers, 2 unknowns, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chespeake Sandstone Pit | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Lawton Sandstone Pit | Silica | Prospect | ||
| Cogswell-Fultz Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Dry Branch Strip Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Ford Burchett Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Patties Lick Strip Mine | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Porter School Shale | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Soldier Fork-Macabee Creek Mine 1 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Soldier Fork-Macabee Creek Mine 2 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Soldier Fork-Macabee Creek Mine 3 | Clay | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayward | 2.4 miles | 8 | |
| Jacobs | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Soldier | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Globe Community (historical) | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Offill's Mill (historical) | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Enterprise | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Silica (historical) | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Lawton | 4.8 miles | 9 |
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 Q122592108 | The 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 510928. 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.






