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Clemons, Kentucky

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Hazard census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41719. It stands on Road Fork. The Survey maps it on the Hazard North quadrangle. It stands 942 feet above sea level.

Clemons within Perry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

747 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 747 fires within 5 miles of Clemons between 1993 and 2020, burning about 28,391 acres in total. None started naturally. 151 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 burning271
Missing data/not specified/undetermined241
Arson/incendiarism151
Recreation and ceremony65
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking6
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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
9 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySTIDHAM LN
6 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined56 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 September 2017Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySHERIFFS COURT
30 September 2007Recreation and ceremony30 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Perry 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 Clemons: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Branch Gap ClayClayProspect

Every working recorded in Perry 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
Happy Valley (historical)0.4 miles16
Bonnyman0.5 miles16
Blue Diamond1.2 miles16
Airport Gardens1.7 miles16
Typo1.7 miles13
Harveyton2.0 miles16
Butterfly2.2 miles13
Combs2.3 miles16

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 ClemonsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5131535The 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 507713. 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.