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Clear Creek Springs, Kentucky

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Kentucky Ridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40977. It stands on Little Clear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Middlesboro North quadrangle.

Clear Creek Springs within Bell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 25 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

165 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 165 fires within 5 miles of Clear Creek Springs between 1998 and 2020, burning about 8,670 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 41 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 burning67
Arson/incendiarism41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined38
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Natural1

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
6 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
27 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 September 2017Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryUS HWY 25E
24 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
20 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLOWASH
10 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 June 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryPINE MT ST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bell County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Clear Creek Springs: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Hana Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Levi Polly Sand PitSilicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bell 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
Wasioto2.5 miles25
Wallsend2.8 miles18
Harbell2.9 miles25
Pineville2.9 miles18
East Pineville3.0 miles25
Ferndale3.1 miles25
Ingram3.8 miles18
Dorton Branch3.9 miles18

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.

Wikipedia article on Clear Creek SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q19600727The 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 489622. 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.