BlockChadwick Creek, Kentucky
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Cannonsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41129. It stands on Lower Chadwick Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ashland quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 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.
- 1901 USGS Ceredo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1904 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000
- 1913 USGS Ceredo quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
108 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Chadwick Creek (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 768 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 23 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 | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | WAYNE AVE. |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ELIZABETH COURT |
| 21 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | RT 75 AND RT 52 INTERSECTION |
| 4 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | REBEL ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Chadwick Creek (historical): 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashland Oil/ Catlettsburg, Ky. | Sulfur | Unknown | ||
| Clinton Shale Mine | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Addition (historical) | 2.7 miles | 23 | |
| Riggs Tract (historical) | 3.0 miles | 23 | |
| Cannonsburg | 3.0 miles | 22 | |
| Catlettsburg | 3.1 miles | 23 | |
| Whites Creek (historical) | 3.2 miles | 23 | |
| Savage Branch | 3.5 miles | 23 | |
| Mavity | 3.6 miles | 21 | |
| Big Sandy Junction | 3.6 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2088722. 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.