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Bushong, Kentucky

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Tompkinsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42167. The Survey maps it on the Tompkinsville quadrangle.

Bushong within Monroe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

47 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Bushong between 1999 and 2017, burning about 484 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Recreation and ceremony9
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking2
Natural1

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
26 September 2008Debris and open burning8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 August 2011Natural6.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFACTORY
25 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 April 2009Recreation and ceremony6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 April 2010Debris and open burning9.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 April 2010Smoking26 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
16 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bushong: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Trico Stone MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this place

2 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bushong in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBushong-Pictures showed metal siding and roofing blown off of a barn. Several trees were down along Meshack Creek Road and Lyons Chapel Road.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindBushong-Building damage was reported on Radio Station Rd. Metal roofs were blown off barns on Cornwall Rd.

Every storm recorded in Monroe 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
Grandview1.5 miles13
Forkton1.7 miles13
Tompkinsville2.7 miles13
Rockbridge2.9 miles9
Mud Lick4.9 miles8
Persimmon4.9 miles9
Sulphur Lick5.1 miles9
Harlan Crossroads6.1 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2804513. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.