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Fleming, Kentucky

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Jenkins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41840. It stands on Bottom Fork. The Survey maps it on the Jenkins West quadrangle.

Fleming within Letcher County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

242 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 242 fires within 5 miles of Fleming between 1997 and 2020, burning about 7,305 acres in total. None started naturally. 42 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 burning118
Missing data/not specified/undetermined54
Arson/incendiarism42
Recreation and ceremony25
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
7 September 2007Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 September 2019Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryJOE'S BR #2
29 September 2019Recreation and ceremony6.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryDUSTY RD.
29 September 2017Arson/incendiarism22 acresKentucky Division of ForestryRHODES BRANCH
28 September 2019Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryJOE'S BR.
23 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 August 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Letcher 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 Fleming: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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
Number 1 MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
Number 1 MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Letcher County

Storms near this place

9 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fleming in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2010: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2002Flash FloodFleming$200,000Heavy rains sent flood waters raging through the town of Fleming-Neon and some outlying areas. The flash flooding damaged homes, closed businesses, and coated City Hall in mud. The flooding also temporarily closed local roads.
April 1998HailFleming$20,000no account filed
June 2009Thunderstorm WindFleming$10,000Trees were blown down in several areas around Fleming-Neon.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindFleming$6,000Trees were blown down on KY Highway 805 near Fleming-Neon by wind gusts estimated at 62 mph.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindFleming$5,000Trees were blown down in the Neon and Haymond areas.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindFleming$3,000Trees blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts were blocking the road on Rte 805 near Fleming Neon.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindFleming$3,000A tree was blown down and across Highway 343, blocking the roadway. Numerous large limbs were also blown down.
June 2001HailFleming-no account filed
April 1998HailFleming-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Letcher 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
Fleming-Neon0.4 miles18
Cromona0.6 miles18
Neon0.8 miles18
Tolliver Town1.2 miles18
Haymond1.2 miles18
Neon Junction1.4 miles18
Hemphill1.4 miles18
Potters Fork1.6 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 492234. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.