Duncans Shed, Kentucky

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Russellville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42276. It stands on Poindexter Branch. The Survey maps it on the Dennis quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Duncans Shed within Logan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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.

1952 USGS Dennis quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Bowling Green quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

8 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Duncans Shed (historical) between 2001 and 2020, burning about 78 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Debris and open burning	4
Recreation and ceremony	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
20 August 2007	Recreation and ceremony	15 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
7 April 2013	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Kentucky Division of Forestry	SSTEVENSON MILL II
6 April 2013	Debris and open burning	7.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	FAMILY VISIT
10 March 2001	Debris and open burning	45 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
15 November 2020	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	MONGOMERY ROAD
14 November 2011	Misuse of fire by a minor	4.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	WATER TOWER FIRE
23 October 2010	Recreation and ceremony	3.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	OVERHOLT
17 October 2010	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	LOGAN CO BACKYARD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Logan 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 Duncans Shed (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Russelville Kentucky Mine & Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Logan 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
Dennis	1.8 miles	9
Rogers	1.9 miles	8
Concord (historical)	3.5 miles	8
Russellville	3.9 miles	9
Cedar Grove (historical)	4.2 miles	8
Oak Grove (historical)	4.2 miles	8
Happy Hollow	4.3 miles	8
Corinth	4.8 miles	9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743074. 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.