Cow Creek, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Irvine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40472. It stands on Campbell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Irvine quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cow Creek within Estill County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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.

1892 USGS Beattyville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1952 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

144 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Cow Creek (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,265 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 32 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	46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	42
Arson/incendiarism	32
Recreation and ceremony	19
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Natural	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
4 September 1998	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
24 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Daniel Boone National Forest	CHESTNUT STAND
23 September 2008	Debris and open burning	30 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
2 September 2010	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	FITCHBURG RD
1 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Daniel Boone National Forest	HALE RIDGE #1
21 August 1999	Natural	70 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
8 April 2013	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	FURNACE JUNCTION ROAD
8 April 1997	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Estill County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Cow Creek (historical): 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Tipton Ridge Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Highway 52 Roadcut	Clay	Prospect
Highway 851 Shalw Exposure	Clay	Prospect

Every working recorded in Estill 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
Ravenna	1.8 miles	12
Sweet Lick (historical)	2.3 miles	12
Pitts	2.4 miles	12
Irvine	2.5 miles	12
Tipton Ridge	2.5 miles	12
Millers Creek	2.6 miles	12
South Irvine	2.9 miles	12
North Irvine	2.9 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2440563. 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.