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Enterprise, Kentucky

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Upper Tygart census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41164. It stands on Bradley Branch. The Survey maps it on the Soldier quadrangle.

Enterprise within Carter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

205 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 205 fires within 5 miles of Enterprise between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,844 acres in total. None started naturally. 42 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 burning81
Missing data/not specified/undetermined44
Arson/incendiarism42
Recreation and ceremony28
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking1

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
23 September 2010Debris and open burning7.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryB AND B LANE
17 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 September 2002Debris and open burning40 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 June 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryDAVIS LANE
4 May 2014Debris and open burning6.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBRUCE HOLLOW
4 May 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 May 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
31 May 2008Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carter County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Enterprise: 9 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Silica. 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
Chespeake Sandstone PitSilicaPast Producer
Lawton Sandstone PitSilicaProspect
Railroad Sandstone PitSilicaPast Producer
Dry Branch Strip MineClayPast Producer
Durham Fork ShaleClayProspect
Ford Burchett Clay MineClayPast Producer
Ford Burchett MineClayProducer
Porter School ShaleClayProspect
Soldier Fork-Macabee Creek Mine 1ClayPast Producer
Soldier Fork-Macabee Creek Mine 2ClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Carter 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
Silica (historical)1.6 miles9
Offill's Mill (historical)1.6 miles8
Hayward1.7 miles8
Lawton1.9 miles9
Globe2.0 miles9
Jacobs2.1 miles8
Soldier2.4 miles8
Limestone2.6 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 512079. 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.