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Cold Springs, Kentucky

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Olive Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41164. It lies near Blueberry Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Olive Hill quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cold Springs within Carter County

On record in Cold Springs

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

163 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 163 fires within 5 miles of Cold Springs (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,575 acres in total. None started naturally. 27 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 burning58
Missing data/not specified/undetermined49
Arson/incendiarism27
Recreation and ceremony25
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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
4 September 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 September 2010Debris and open burning7.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryB AND B LANE
18 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 September 2007Debris and open burning4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCHERYL ROGERS HOLLOW
10 September 2002Debris and open burning40 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use9.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFORT FALLS
9 May 2014Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryHWY 3298

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carter County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Cold Springs (historical): 3 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silica, 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
Durham Fork ShaleClayProspect
Ford Burchett Clay MineClayPast Producer
Olive Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
V QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Chespeake Sandstone PitSilicaPast Producer
Lawton Sandstone PitSilicaProspect
Railroad Sandstone PitSilicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Carter 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
Olive Hill0.6 miles9
Clark Hill1.6 miles9
Mountain Top2.3 miles9
Garvin Ridge2.4 miles9
Prater2.4 miles9
Counts Crossroads2.5 miles9
Cory3.0 miles9
Ross (historical)3.0 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2086871. 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.