Cherry Run, Kentucky

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the St. Mary census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40033. The Survey maps it on the Raywick quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cherry Run within Marion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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.

1953 USGS Raywick quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

19 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Cherry Run (historical) between 2000 and 2019, burning about 226 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
Debris and open burning	7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Recreation and ceremony	4
Arson/incendiarism	2
Smoking	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
5 March 2017	Arson/incendiarism	10 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	CLEAR CREEK
5 March 2010	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
27 March 2014	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	SPENCER HAMILTON
23 March 2000	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
22 March 2000	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
11 March 2007	Recreation and ceremony	10 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
29 February 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	100 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
28 February 2016	Recreation and ceremony	12 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	HAZY DOWNS RD. FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion 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 Cherry Run (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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Rolling Fork Clay Bed	Clay	Prospect

Every working recorded in Marion 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Stewarts Creek (historical)	1.4 miles	6
Frogtown	2.0 miles	6
Downs (historical)	2.0 miles	8
Saint Mary	2.1 miles	6
Miller Pike (historical)	2.3 miles	6
McElroy Pike (historical)	2.5 miles	6
Saint Charles	2.8 miles	6
Raywick	2.8 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2566861. 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.