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Federal, Kentucky

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Elkhorn City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41522. It stands on John Moore Branch. The Survey maps it on the Elkhorn City quadrangle.

Federal within Pike County

On record in Federal

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 20 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

238 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 238 fires within 5 miles of Federal between 1994 and 2020, burning about 15,302 acres in total. None started naturally. 55 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 burning80
Missing data/not specified/undetermined63
Arson/incendiarism55
Recreation and ceremony30
Other causes3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2

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
7 September 1995Other causes8.0 acresVirginia Department of Forestrynot named
3 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHONEY FORK
28 September 2020Debris and open burning9.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryROUTE 80
19 September 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryJOHN MOORES BRANCH
12 September 2002Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 July 2017Other causesunder an acreVirginia Department of Forestrynot named
18 July 2007Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBRUSHY BRANCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike 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 Federal: 2 producers. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Elkhorn QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Johnson MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Pike 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
Beaver Bottom0.2 miles20
Dunleary0.5 miles20
Elkhorn City0.7 miles20
Beaver Creek (historical)1.2 miles20
Senterville (historical)1.2 miles20
Cedarville2.0 miles20
Belcher2.2 miles20
Kettlecamp (historical)2.4 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507985. 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.