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Campton Road, Kentucky

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Stanton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40380. It stands on Pecks Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stanton quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Campton Road within Powell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

67 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Campton Road (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 762 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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 burning22
Recreation and ceremony17
Arson/incendiarism13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
29 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCHARLIE LANE
18 September 1999Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
14 September 2008Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 June 2007Recreation and ceremony10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 June 2015Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFIFE LICK
21 May 2009Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 May 2000Debris and open burning25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Powell County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Campton Road (historical): 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Drake 01ClayProducer
213 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Natural Bridge Stone Co., Inc.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Powell 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
North Bend (historical)0.7 miles13
Stanton1.1 miles13
Rosslyn1.3 miles13
Pecks Creek (historical)1.7 miles13
Hatton Creek (historical)2.4 miles13
Old Clay City Road (historical)2.6 miles12
Cat Creek (historical)2.7 miles13
Judy (historical)2.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2420700. 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.