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Flat Rock, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Fredonia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42411. It sits by Fort Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Crider quadrangle. It stands 512 feet above sea level.

Flat Rock within Caldwell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

17 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Flat Rock between 1999 and 2019, burning about 91 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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
Recreation and ceremony8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking2
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
28 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHWY 902 FIRE
24 September 2008Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 August 2007Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 August 2012Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCAMBELL
7 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCRESWELL H
7 March 2016Recreation and ceremony15 acresKentucky Division of ForestryR WHITE ROAD
24 March 2009Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Caldwell County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Flat Rock: 7 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite, Zinc. 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
Tabb Group Fluorspar MinesFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Barium-BariteProducer1903
Vinson DepositFluorine-Fluorite, ZincProspect1962
Eddie Crowder MineFluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Gilbert Williamson DepositFluorine-FluoritePast Producer
S.L.Crook MineFluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Schwench MineFluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Senator Main ShaftFluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Walker Fluorspar MineFluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Warren Fluorspar MineFluorine-FluoritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Caldwell 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
Enon1.9 miles14
Creswell3.7 miles14
Farmersville3.8 miles15
Rufus4.3 miles15
Briarfield-Union Grove (historical)5.0 miles15
Bakers5.0 miles18
Fredonia5.1 miles18
Crider5.3 miles15

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 Flat RockAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14690403The 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 492203. 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.