BlockFearisville, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Tollesboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41179. It stands on Browns Run. The Survey maps it on the Manchester Islands quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1929 USGS Springdale quadrangle1:48000
- 1929 USGS Springdale quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Springdale quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Manchester Islands quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Manchester Islands quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
22 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Fearisville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 252 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CROOKED CREEK |
| 1 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 10230 |
| 5 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CABIN CREEK |
| 30 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CABIN CREEK RD |
| 2 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fearisville: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabin Creek Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottageville | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Trinity | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Sand Hill | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Irwin | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Poplar Flat | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Covedale | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Tollesboro | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Ribolt | 5.4 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122548782 | The 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 507983. 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.