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Cedar Lakes Estates, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Winston-West Irvine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40336. It lies near Picnic Hill. The Survey maps it on the Panola quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cedar Lakes Estates within Estill County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

103 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Lakes Estates (historical) between 1997 and 2019, burning about 3,106 acres in total. None started naturally. 19 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 burning40
Recreation and ceremony22
Arson/incendiarism19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
8 September 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 September 1998Debris and open burning20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryROUND MOUNTAIN ROAD 2
24 September 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryROUND MOUNTAIN ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Estill 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 Cedar Lakes Estates (historical): 3 prospects. 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
Hog Jowl Mountain RoadcutClayProspect
Portwood ClayClayProspect
Possum Run Clay BedClayProspect

Every working recorded in Estill 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
Little Rock (historical)1.3 miles15
Winston1.4 miles15
Rice Station (historical)1.6 miles15
Drowing Creek (historical)2.2 miles15
Witt2.5 miles15
Maddie (historical)2.6 miles15
Thomas (historical)2.8 miles15
Noland2.9 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2440543. 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.