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Cogswell, Kentucky

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Morehead census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40351. It stands on Billy Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bangor quadrangle.

Cogswell within Rowan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

55 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Cogswell between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,523 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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
Recreation and ceremony17
Debris and open burning13
Arson/incendiarism9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Fireworks1

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
27 September 1998Smokingunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestLAKESIDE
25 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestLOCKEGEE ROAD
14 September 2008Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresDaniel Boone National ForestZILPO
13 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
1 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestLOCKEGEE
2 June 2008Power generation/transmission/distribution10 acresDaniel Boone National ForestGEORGE 2
22 May 1997Natural2.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestNO WAY
9 April 1999Recreation and ceremony15 acresDaniel Boone National ForestGRAVEYARD BRANCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rowan County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Cogswell: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Clay Heirs MineClayPast Producer
Plant C MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Plant K MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sweetnam MineClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Rowan County

Storms near this place

2 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cogswell in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2022Thunderstorm WindCogswell-A thunderstorm wind gust of 72 mph was measured at a private weather station located at the Cave Run Lake marina.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindCogswell-Trees were reported down on Hwy 801.

Every storm recorded in Rowan 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
Bluestone3.3 miles11
Lakeview Heights3.4 miles11
Farmers3.8 miles11
Mount Hope (historical)4.6 miles11
Lick Fork4.6 miles11
Bangor5.2 miles11
Clearfield5.5 miles11
Brady5.7 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 511452. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.