Ditney School, Kentucky

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Wrigley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41472. It lies near Ditney Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Wrigley quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Ditney School within Morgan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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.

1929 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:48000
1935 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS Wrigley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
1977 USGS Wrigley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

77 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Ditney School (historical) between 1995 and 2020, burning about 1,275 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 24 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/undetermined	26
Arson/incendiarism	24
Debris and open burning	18
Recreation and ceremony	6
Natural	2
Equipment and vehicle use	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
19 August 2019	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	ROUTE 7
6 July 2020	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Daniel Boone National Forest	PARAGON CAMPGROUND FIRE
3 July 2012	Natural	6.0 acres	Daniel Boone National Forest	YOCUM
17 July 1995	Natural	15 acres	Daniel Boone National Forest	LITTLE PEA
17 May 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	GREASY CREEK
9 April 2005	Recreation and ceremony	4.0 acres	Daniel Boone National Forest	ELM LOG
7 April 2002	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
7 April 2000	Arson/incendiarism	50 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan 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 Ditney School (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
D Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Barnett Shale	Clay	Prospect
Zag Shale	Clay	Prospect

Every working recorded in Morgan 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
Blaze	1.4 miles	11
Leisure	1.7 miles	11
Oak Hill (historical)	3.0 miles	11
Blairs Mills	3.7 miles	11
Wrigley	3.8 miles	11
Hickory Grove (historical)	3.9 miles	11
Yocum	4.0 miles	14
Zag	4.1 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2362575. 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.