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Cub Run, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Mammoth Cave census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42729. It stands on Long Fall Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nolin Lake quadrangle.

Cub Run within Edmonson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

25 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Cub Run between 1998 and 2020, burning about 268 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony7
Debris and open burning3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
7 September 1999Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 April 2013Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryWASHBURN FIRE
6 April 2013Recreation and ceremony7.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCRE FIRE
6 April 2013Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryNOLIN ESTATES FIRE
24 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryINDIAN CLIFF
21 April 2020Arson/incendiarism25 acresKentucky Division of ForestryKIDWELL FIRE
12 April 2014Recreation and ceremony40 acresKentucky Division of ForestryJOCK ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Edmonson County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Cub Run: 3 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Clay, Coal, Coal, Fire Clay (Refractory), Rock Asphalt, 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
Bee Spring QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dismal Creek Eastwall Clay PitClay, CoalProspect
Dismal Creek QuarryFire Clay (Refractory), Rock Asphalt, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dismal Creek West Clay PitCoal, ClayProspect
Irving QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducer
Johnson Mine Clay PitClayProspect

Every working recorded in Edmonson 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
Hillview2.4 miles15
Oak Ridge3.0 miles15
Straw3.4 miles15
Broadway4.2 miles13
Demunbruns Store4.8 miles15
Ollie4.9 miles15
Kyrock5.3 miles13
Bee Spring5.3 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507790. 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.