Fannin, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Wrigley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41472. It stands on Painter Branch. The Survey maps it on the West Liberty quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Fannin within Morgan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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.

1889 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000
1891 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1899 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1951 USGS West Liberty quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
1977 USGS West Liberty quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

62 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Fannin (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 592 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined	24
Debris and open burning	19
Arson/incendiarism	12
Recreation and ceremony	6
Natural	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
19 September 2008	Debris and open burning	30 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
19 August 2019	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	ROUTE 7
15 August 2007	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
3 July 2012	Natural	6.0 acres	Daniel Boone National Forest	YOCUM
5 May 2001	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
17 May 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	GREASY CREEK
9 April 2005	Recreation and ceremony	4.0 acres	Daniel Boone National Forest	ELM LOG
7 April 2000	Arson/incendiarism	50 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan 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 Fannin (historical): 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Barnett Shale	Clay	Prospect
	Zag Shale	Clay	Prospect

Every working recorded in Morgan 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
Dehart	0.8 miles	14
Yocum	0.9 miles	14
Zag	1.6 miles	14
Perry Bend (historical)	1.6 miles	14
Twentysix	2.5 miles	14
Kellacey	3.0 miles	14
Licking River	3.2 miles	14
Blaze	3.2 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2362576. 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.