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Charlotte Furnace, Kentucky

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Grayson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41143. It stands on Friends Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tygarts Valley quadrangle.

Charlotte Furnace within Carter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

129 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 129 fires within 5 miles of Charlotte Furnace between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,927 acres in total. None started naturally. 33 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined39
Arson/incendiarism33
Recreation and ceremony14
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1

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
18 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 June 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 April 2012Debris and open burning25 acresKentucky Division of ForestryGREGORY HO
9 April 2007Debris and open burning4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 April 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 April 2001Arson/incendiarism75 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carter County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Charlotte Furnace: 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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
Dupuy Clay Strip MineClayPast Producer
Fultz MineClayPast Producer
Gesling Open Pit MineClayPast Producer
Messer MineClayProducer
Ramey Zorne Branch MineClayPast Producer
Wesley Corn MineClayProducer
Womack MineClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Carter 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
Iron Hill0.5 miles8
Deevert1.9 miles8
Gesling3.2 miles8
Wolf4.2 miles8
Carter4.8 miles8
Lindsey Chapel (historical)5.3 miles15
Gregoryville5.9 miles9
Boone Furnace6.1 miles8

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122570023The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507687. 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.