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Edwards, Kentucky

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Lewisburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42256. The Survey maps it on the Lewisburg quadrangle.

Edwards within Logan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

17 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Edwards between 2001 and 2014, burning about 72 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Debris and open burning2

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
25 September 2008Railroad operations and maintenance6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 June 2008Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 April 2014Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLOGAN RAILROAD
17 April 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 March 2010Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 March 2009Recreation and ceremony6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 March 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHINTON
23 March 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryEPLEY STATION

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Logan 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 Edwards: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc. 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
Frazier Hollow ProspectBarium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, ZincProspect
Kentucky Flagstone Company QuarrySilicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Logan County

Storms near this place

2 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edwards in 2 storm reports between 2006 and 2023: 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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 2023HailEdwards-Quarter sized hail fell near Lewisburg.
April 2006Tornado (F1)Edwards-A weak F1 tornado left an intermittent track across rural Logan County. Maximum wind speeds were estimated at 90 mph.

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Henrysville (historical)1.3 miles8
Stewarts Ridge (historical)1.6 miles8
Lewisburg1.9 miles8
Thompson Chapel (historical)2.2 miles8
Epleys2.2 miles8
Lost City2.3 miles8
Jerico3.2 miles8
Spa3.4 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 491573. 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.