Elrod, Kentucky

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Eubank census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42503. It stands on Clifty Creek. The Survey maps it on the Shopville quadrangle.

Elrod within Pulaski County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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.

1893 USGS London quadrangle1:125000
1897 USGS London quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1952 USGS Shopville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

8 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Elrod between 1999 and 2019, burning about 154 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
Debris and open burning	4
Arson/incendiarism	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
7 April 1999	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
6 April 2000	Arson/incendiarism	15 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
24 April 2009	Debris and open burning	9.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
8 March 2000	Debris and open burning	80 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
20 March 2010	Recreation and ceremony	22 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
19 March 2019	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	WOODHAVEN DRIVE
26 November 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
19 October 2001	Arson/incendiarism	10 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Elrod: 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
	Pulaski Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Pulaski 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
Dry Hole (historical)	1.8 miles	13
Valley Oak	2.1 miles	13
Welborn	2.1 miles	13
Plato	2.9 miles	13
Dahl	3.2 miles	13
Bobtown	3.6 miles	9
Vanhook	3.6 miles	13
Coin	3.7 miles	9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 512059. 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.