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Davis Station, Kentucky

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Middlesborough census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40965. It stands on Davis Branch. The Survey maps it on the Middlesboro South quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Davis Station within Bell County

On record in Davis Station

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 2 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 28 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

161 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of Davis Station (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,753 acres in total. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined48
Debris and open burning47
Arson/incendiarism32
Recreation and ceremony15
Natural6
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 1995Natural1.0 acresCumberland Gap National Historic ParkSTEEL TANK
5 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 September 2007Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
20 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLOWASH
13 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMONARCH CHURCH #2
13 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMONARCH CHURCH #1
11 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCumberland Gap National Historic ParkTIPRELL R&R

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bell 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 Davis Station (historical): 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Limestone, Dimension. 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
Claiborne County QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Limestone QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Old Railroad ShaleClayProspect

Every working recorded in Bell 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
Middlesboro1.5 miles28
Binghamtown2.4 miles25
Stony Fork Junction3.3 miles18
Noetown3.6 miles18
Premier4.0 miles18
Meldrum4.2 miles25
Colmar4.6 miles25
Hutch4.7 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2554784. 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.