Covedale, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Tollesboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41179. It lies near Big Brier Knob. The Survey maps it on the Manchester Islands quadrangle.

Covedale within Lewis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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.

1929 USGS Springdale quadrangle1:48000
1929 USGS Springdale quadrangle1:62500
1935 USGS Springdale quadrangle1:62500
1952 USGS Manchester Islands quadrangle1:24000
1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Manchester Islands quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1986 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
1991 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

24 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Covedale between 1999 and 2020, burning about 416 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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	8
Arson/incendiarism	8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Recreation and ceremony	2
Smoking	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
30 August 1999	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
30 July 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Kentucky Division of Forestry	CROOKED CREEK
1 May 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	10105
3 April 2004	Smoking	1.0 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
24 April 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	35 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
2 April 2001	Arson/incendiarism	20 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
2 April 2001	Arson/incendiarism	15 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
2 April 2001	Arson/incendiarism	15 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis 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 Covedale: 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
	Fairview Roadcut Clay Bed	Clay	Prospect

Every working recorded in Lewis 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
Concord	2.4 miles	15
Pence	2.6 miles	14
Irwin	3.0 miles	14
Poplar Flat	4.5 miles	11
Fearisville	4.7 miles	14
Queens	4.7 miles	15
Herron Hill	5.0 miles	13
Trinity	5.1 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507768. 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.