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Forest Grove, Kentucky

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the West Crittenden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42064. It lies near Cyclone Hill. The Survey maps it on the Repton quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Forest Grove within Crittenden County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 23 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

13 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Forest Grove (historical) between 1997 and 2019, burning about 118 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism1

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 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFRITZ RD.
7 March 2010Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 March 2017Debris and open burning4.5 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMT ZION CHURCH ROAD
4 March 2009Recreation and ceremony40 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
27 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 March 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 March 2019Debris and open burning9.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHWY1668
19 February 1997Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crittenden County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Forest Grove (historical): 15 unknowns, 9 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead. 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
Commodore Group Fluorspar MinesFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, LeadProducer1892
Hickory Cane MineZinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, LeadPast Producer
Old Jim MineZincUnknown
Columbia MineFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
K.K.MineFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Commodore MineFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Glendale MinesFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Nine Acre MineFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, ZincUnknown
Ainsworth MineFluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Brown MineFluorine-FluoritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Crittenden 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
Hebron (historical)3.0 miles23
Glendale (historical)3.4 miles21
Stone (historical)3.8 miles23
Fords Ferry4.8 miles23
Marion4.9 miles20
Sheridan5.2 miles21
Mattoon5.2 miles23
Siloem (historical)5.2 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743687. 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.