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Fivemile, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Jackson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41339. It stands on War Shoal Branch. The Survey maps it on the Jackson quadrangle.

Fivemile within Breathitt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

187 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 187 fires within 5 miles of Fivemile between 1997 and 2020, burning about 6,806 acres in total. None started naturally. 25 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 burning101
Missing data/not specified/undetermined49
Arson/incendiarism25
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
3 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
14 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
14 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 September 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
1 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHWY 1812 N

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Breathitt County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fivemile: 1 prospect. 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
Hillside RoadcutClayProspect

Every working recorded in Breathitt 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
Frozen Creek0.7 miles14
Wolverine0.9 miles14
Vancleve2.3 miles13
Sewell2.4 miles13
Lawson2.6 miles14
Wilhurst2.7 miles13
Elkatawa2.7 miles14
Keck2.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508002. 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.