Edgewater, Kentucky

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Hellier census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41522. It stands on Brushy Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hellier quadrangle.

Edgewater within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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.

1886 USGS Grundy quadrangle1:125000
1890 USGS Grundy quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Grundy quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1915 USGS Regina quadrangle1:62500
1915 USGS Regina quadrangle1:48000
1916 USGS Regina quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1917 USGS Regina quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1954 USGS Hellier quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
1977 USGS Pikeville quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

258 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 258 fires within 5 miles of Edgewater between 1995 and 2020, burning about 21,360 acres in total. None started naturally. 47 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 burning	104
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	75
Arson/incendiarism	47
Recreation and ceremony	29
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Smoking	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
6 September 2010	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	ASHCAMP
23 September 2007	Debris and open burning	30 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
12 September 2002	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
9 June 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	BRUSHY BRANCH
30 June 2012	Debris and open burning	8.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	POOR BOTTO
18 June 2007	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
17 June 2007	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
14 June 2007	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Edgewater: 2 producers. 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
	Elkhorn Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
	Johnson Mine	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Pike 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
Hellier	0.7 miles	19
Big Branch	1.5 miles	19
Lookout	1.7 miles	19
Henry Clay	1.8 miles	19
Allegheny (historical)	1.9 miles	19
Ashcamp	2.0 miles	19
Rockhouse	2.6 miles	19
Venters	3.1 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 517509. 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.