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Crafts Colly, Kentucky

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Whitesburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41815. It stands on Crafts Colly Creek. The Survey maps it on the Whitesburg quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Crafts Colly within Letcher County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

180 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 180 fires within 5 miles of Crafts Colly (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 11,525 acres in total. None started naturally. 22 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 burning92
Missing data/not specified/undetermined40
Arson/incendiarism22
Recreation and ceremony18
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 September 2007Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2012Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryWHITCO HIL
24 August 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCOWAN
23 August 2008Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 July 2007Debris and open burning250 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBOTTOM FORK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Letcher 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 Crafts Colly (historical): 2 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Silica. 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
Gordon Lewis SandpitSilicaProspect
Pine Mountain Gap ShaleClayProspect
Whitesburg Mill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Whitesburg MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Letcher 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
Ermine0.2 miles18
Mayking1.6 miles17
Whitesburg1.8 miles18
Bellcraft1.9 miles17
Marlowe2.0 miles17
Sergent2.1 miles17
West Whitesburg (historical)2.2 miles18
Southdown2.4 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2336279. 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.