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Flatton, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Annville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40447. It stands on Toms Branch. The Survey maps it on the Parrot quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Flatton within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

124 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Flatton (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,239 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 68 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
Arson/incendiarism68
Debris and open burning25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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
29 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPEOPLE'S FIRE
15 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestTRACE BRANCH
7 August 2007Natural3.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestDRY
7 August 2002Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 August 1999Debris and open burning20 acresDaniel Boone National ForestLAUREL FORK
4 June 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
20 June 1999Debris and open burning15 acresDaniel Boone National ForestWOLF PEN #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson 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 Flatton (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Indian Creek MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Jackson 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
Ardery (historical)0.6 miles14
Old Bend (historical)1.4 miles14
Lantana (historical)2.3 miles14
Dango2.3 miles14
Eberle2.9 miles14
Laurel Branch (historical)3.1 miles14
Dabolt3.6 miles14
Seven Pines (historical)3.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2505017. 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.