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Davisville, Kentucky

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Blaine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41124. It stands on Sparks Branch. The Survey maps it on the Sitka quadrangle.

Davisville within Lawrence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

90 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Davisville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,216 acres in total. None started naturally. 28 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 burning28
Arson/incendiarism28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Recreation and ceremony11
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 2010Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryROSS CREEK
8 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 September 2010Recreation and ceremony15 acresKentucky Division of ForestryM SALYERS ROAD II
4 May 2014Debris and open burning25 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySCHOOL HOUSE BRANCH
9 April 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryPATRICK BR
9 April 2009Debris and open burning15 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 April 2001Arson/incendiarism50 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence 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 Davisville: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Flat Gap ShaleClayProspect

Every working recorded in Lawrence County

Storms near this place

1 since 2025

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Davisville in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2025HailDavisville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lawrence 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
Tarkiln (historical)2.0 miles17
Wilbur2.6 miles17
Cordell3.1 miles15
Blaine4.0 miles15
Martha5.2 miles14
Hannah5.8 miles15
Noris6.2 miles17
Prosperity (historical)6.3 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507823. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.