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Fishtrap, Kentucky

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Millard census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41557. It stands on Jonican Branch. The Survey maps it on the Millard quadrangle. It stands 722 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Fishtrap within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 18 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

163 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 163 fires within 5 miles of Fishtrap (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 11,880 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 31 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/undetermined56
Debris and open burning53
Arson/incendiarism31
Recreation and ceremony19
Natural2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
6 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLOWER POMPEY
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined206 acresKentucky Division of ForestryGRAPEVINE
22 September 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySHELBY YARD
2 September 2007Natural2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 May 2014Debris and open burning35 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLAYNE BRANCH
7 May 2008Recreation and ceremony50 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 May 2014Debris and open burning15 acresKentucky Division of ForestryGRAPEVINE MOUNTAIN

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 Fishtrap (historical): 1 prospect, 1 unknown. 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
Highway 80 RoadcutClayProspect
Roadcut ShaleClayUnknown

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
Upper Pompey (historical)0.8 miles18
Jonkan (historical)1.2 miles18
Lower Pompey (historical)1.2 miles18
Hurricane Branch (historical)1.5 miles18
Millard2.6 miles18
Axtell (historical)2.8 miles18
Levisa Junction2.8 miles18
Nelse2.9 miles18

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 Fishtrap (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5455147The 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 2120629. 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.