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Castleberry, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Crofton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42217. It stands on Morgan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dawson Springs SE quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Castleberry within Christian County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

21 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Castleberry (historical) between 1998 and 2014, burning about 562 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Recreation and ceremony7
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism2

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
16 July 2007Recreation and ceremony35 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined88 acresKentucky Division of ForestryQUAD COUNT
6 April 2010Recreation and ceremony7.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryTRESSLE
22 April 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
20 April 2007Debris and open burning25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 March 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 March 2010Recreation and ceremony8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Christian 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 Castleberry (historical): 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
St. Charles ClayClayProspect

Every working recorded in Christian 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
Adams (historical)1.3 miles12
Empire3.3 miles12
Old Empire (historical)3.8 miles12
Pennyrile Park4.2 miles13
Mannington4.3 miles12
Crofton4.9 miles12
Era5.7 miles12
Grapevine (historical)6.1 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2742879. 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.