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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1950 USGS Tygarts Valley quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Tygarts Valley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
129 since 1997Regional 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 burning | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 June 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GREGORY HO |
| 9 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 75 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dupuy Clay Strip Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Fultz Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Gesling Open Pit Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Messer Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Ramey Zorne Branch Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Wesley Corn Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Womack 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Hill | 0.5 miles | 8 | |
| Deevert | 1.9 miles | 8 | |
| Gesling | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Wolf | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Carter | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Lindsey Chapel (historical) | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Gregoryville | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Boone Furnace | 6.1 miles | 8 |
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 Q122570023 | The 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.




