Durbin-Burnaugh, Kentucky

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Catlettsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41129. It stands on Prichard Branch. The Survey maps it on the Burnaugh quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Durbin-Burnaugh within Boyd County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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.

1901 USGS Ceredo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1903 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1904 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000
1913 USGS Ceredo quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1953 USGS Burnaugh quadrangle1:24000
1957 USGS Burnaugh quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Burnaugh quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1982 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

110 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Durbin-Burnaugh (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,590 acres in total. None started naturally. 55 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
Arson/incendiarism	55
Debris and open burning	32
Recreation and ceremony	7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Fireworks	1
Other causes	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
9 September 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	West Virginia Division of Forestry	CENTERVILLE RD
30 August 2007	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	West Virginia Division of Forestry	not named
3 June 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	West Virginia Division of Forestry	1190 BALENGEE BR.
8 May 1993	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	West Virginia Division of Forestry	TOMS CREEK ROAD
2 May 1992	Debris and open burning	15 acres	West Virginia Division of Forestry	LOCK HILL
9 April 2014	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	WHITES CREEK
9 April 2004	Debris and open burning	under an acre	West Virginia Division of Forestry	UPPER GRAGSTON CREEK
9 April 2004	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	West Virginia Division of Forestry	BUFFALO CREEK RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boyd 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
Burnaugh	0.0 miles	23
Kavanaugh	0.5 miles	23
Durbin	1.6 miles	23
Lockwood	3.4 miles	23
Big Sandy (historical)	4.8 miles	21
Whites Creek (historical)	5.8 miles	23
Savage Branch	5.9 miles	23
Boltsfork	6.2 miles	21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2088960. 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.