Fitch, Kentucky

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1982. It lies in ZIP code area 41179. The Survey maps it on the Soldier quadrangle.

Fitch within Carter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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.

1951 USGS Soldier quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
1970 USGS Soldier quadrangle1:24000
1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

64 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Fitch between 1998 and 2020, burning about 572 acres in total. 1 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	20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	17
Recreation and ceremony	10
Arson/incendiarism	7
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Natural	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
17 September 2002	Railroad operations and maintenance	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
15 August 2002	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
4 May 2014	Debris and open burning	6.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	BRUCE HOLLOW
3 May 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	7.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	FLEMING FORK
28 May 1999	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
12 May 1999	Natural	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
9 April 2001	Arson/incendiarism	12 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
6 April 2010	Recreation and ceremony	10 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carter 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 Fitch: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Dry Branch Strip Mine	Clay	Past Producer
Ford Burchett Clay Mine	Clay	Past Producer
Ford Burchett Mine	Clay	Producer

Every working recorded in Carter 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
Upper Tygart	3.5 miles	8
Soldier	4.7 miles	8
Reeder (historical)	5.1 miles	9
Hayward	5.2 miles	8
Globe	5.4 miles	9
Rose Hill	5.6 miles	9
Enterprise	6.0 miles	8
Garvin Ridge	6.9 miles	9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 512176. 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.