Ferrell, 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 41513. It stands on Honey Fork. The Survey maps it on the Elkhorn City quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Ferrell within Pike County

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.

1886 USGS Grundy quadrangle1:125000
1890 USGS Grundy quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Grundy quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1915 USGS Regina quadrangle1:62500
1915 USGS Regina quadrangle1:48000
1916 USGS Regina quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1917 USGS Regina quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1954 USGS Elkhorn City quadrangle1:24000
1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Elkhorn City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1977 USGS Pikeville quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

193 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 193 fires within 5 miles of Ferrell (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 16,032 acres in total. None started naturally. 44 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	62
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	59
Arson/incendiarism	44
Recreation and ceremony	27
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
3 September 2015	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	HONEY FORK
28 September 2020	Debris and open burning	9.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	ROUTE 80
19 September 2010	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	JOHN MOORES BRANCH
26 August 2007	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
18 July 2007	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
9 April 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	210 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	DUNLEARY
9 April 2012	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	SLICK ROCK
9 April 2008	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Ferrell (historical): 1 producer, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Elkhorn Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Highway 80 Roadcut	Clay	Prospect
Roadcut Shale	Clay	Unknown

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Honey Fork	0.2 miles	20
Belcher	1.0 miles	20
Road Junction	1.6 miles	19
Republic	1.8 miles	20
Beaver Creek (historical)	2.0 miles	20
Dunleary	2.1 miles	20
Draffin	2.1 miles	19
Cedarville	2.2 miles	20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2120624. 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.