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Fagan, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the West Menifee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40322. It lies near Hatton Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Frenchburg quadrangle. It stands 1,165 feet above sea level.

Fagan within Menifee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

41 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Fagan between 1994 and 2020, burning about 718 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
8 September 2007Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
20 September 2019Debris and open burning25 acresDaniel Boone National ForestAMOS RIDGE
9 April 2013Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryAMOS RIDGE
6 April 2010Debris and open burning50 acresKentucky Division of ForestryROTHWELL HILL
5 April 2014Debris and open burning19 acresDaniel Boone National ForestBOWEN
30 April 2001Arson/incendiarism15 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 April 2019Debris and open burning4.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLOWER CANE CREEK
3 April 2010Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Menifee 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 Fagan: 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
A.W. Walker QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, ClayProspect
Indian Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Menifee County

Storms near this place

2 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fagan in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
July 2022Thunderstorm WindFagan$20,000A tree fell down on a house along Fallen Timber Branch Road southeast of Means.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindFagan-Department of Highways officials relayed reports of numerous trees down from southeast of Means on Hawkins Branch Road to south of Frenchburg.

Every storm recorded in Menifee 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
Ballard (historical)0.4 miles12
Myers Fork (historical)1.5 miles12
Hawkins Branch (historical)1.6 miles12
Coburn (historical)1.7 miles12
Peter Trace (historical)1.9 miles12
Cornwell2.8 miles12
Rothwell3.1 miles12
Hathaway Creek (historical)3.4 miles12

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on FaganAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14690378The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 512107. 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.