BlockDurhamtown, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Saloma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42718. The Survey maps it on the Saloma quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1953 USGS Saloma quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Saloma quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Durhamtown between 1999 and 2017, burning about 124 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | M&R LANE FIRE |
| 5 March 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 18 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.4 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 March 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WEST FINLEY |
| 12 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Durhamtown: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Badger Mine and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saloma | 1.4 miles | 9 | |
| White Rose | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Hobson | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Sweeneyville | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Bengal | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Willowtown | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Pitman | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Mac | 5.1 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507895. 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.