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Edgewood, Kentucky

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Middlesborough census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40965. It stands on Slickrock Branch. The Survey maps it on the Fork Ridge quadrangle.

Edgewood within Bell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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.

Fires near this place

148 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Edgewood between 1995 and 2020, burning about 4,416 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 31 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 burning54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined44
Arson/incendiarism31
Recreation and ceremony12
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMONARCH CHURCH #2
13 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMONARCH CHURCH #1
10 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 August 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPOLLY HOLO
29 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresTennessee Division of ForestryCOAL
1 July 2013Naturalunder an acreCumberland Gap National Historic ParkMAINT POWER POLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bell 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 Edgewood: 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Limestone, Dimension. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Limestone QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Old Railroad ShaleClayProspect

Every working recorded in Bell County

Storms near this place

6 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edgewood in 6 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024Thunderstorm WindEdgewood-Two large trees were downed on Stone Creek Drive via a social media report.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindEdgewood-A social media report showed a large tree down at West End Trailer Park in Middlesboro. Original storm report says East End Trailer Park near Gibson Lane, however, there is only a West End Trailer Park.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindEdgewood-Reports of trees down in the Polly Hollow area of Middlesboro, including one tree on fire according to social media.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindEdgewood-Trees were blown down.
May 2010Flash FloodEdgewood-The Kentucky State Police reported that Highway 25E had a foot of water flowing across all 4 lanes about 1.5 miles north of the TN line.
June 2009Flash FloodEdgewood-Flash flooding occurred along Beans Fork Road. The road was closed due to flooding at Noetown.

Every storm recorded in Bell 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Noetown1.4 miles18
Premier1.5 miles18
Stony Fork Junction1.7 miles18
Yellow Creek1.8 miles18
Capito2.6 miles18
Garmeada3.3 miles18
Binghamtown3.4 miles25
Middlesboro3.4 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507910. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.