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Farler, Kentucky

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Viper census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41774. It stands on Wells Fork. The Survey maps it on the Hazard South quadrangle. It stands 1,106 feet above sea level.

Farler within Perry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

245 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 245 fires within 5 miles of Farler between 1994 and 2020, burning about 15,040 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 46 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 burning101
Missing data/not specified/undetermined71
Arson/incendiarism46
Recreation and ceremony25
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
29 September 2016Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryJEFF
29 September 2007Debris and open burning63 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresDaniel Boone National ForestORCHARD
25 September 2007Debris and open burning9.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 September 1999Arson/incendiarism118 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
31 August 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
27 August 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Perry 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 Farler: 1 prospect. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Buffalo Divide ShaleClayProspect

Every working recorded in Perry County

Storms near this place

2 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Farler in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2019: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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
February 2019Heavy RainFarler-The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet reported a mudslide on Kentucky State Highway 699, causing the blockage of the road for several hours.
February 2014Thunderstorm WindFarler-A tree was blown down and across the road at the Lost Creek trailer park.

Every storm recorded in Perry 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
Dow1.6 miles16
Middle Fork (historical)1.9 miles16
Viper3.0 miles16
Eversole (historical)3.4 miles16
Jeff4.6 miles16
Fourseam4.6 miles16
Whitaker (historical)5.1 miles14
Diablock5.2 miles16

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 FarlerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5435407The 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 512133. 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.