Fox Gap, Kentucky

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Frankfort census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40601. It stands on Cedar Run. The Survey maps it on the Frankfort West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Fox Gap within Franklin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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.

1922 USGS Frankfort quadrangle1:48000
1924 USGS Frankfort quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1953 USGS Frankfort West quadrangle1:24000
1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Frankfort West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
1970 USGS Frankfort West quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1986 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:100000
1997 USGS Frankfort West quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

2 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Fox Gap (historical) between 2010 and 2019, burning about 5 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning	1
Natural	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
3 July 2019	Natural	3.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	JIM BEAM
13 November 2010	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	LOVERS LEAP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Fox Gap (historical): 2 producers, 2 prospects, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Queen City Pit No. 2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Branch Junction Clay	Clay	Prospect
Franklin County Mine	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Glenns Creek	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Thorn Hill Clay Bed	Clay	Prospect

Every working recorded in Franklin 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Big Eddy	1.6 miles	17
Scanland Springs Resort (historical)	2.4 miles	16
Evergreen	2.7 miles	16
Broadville Manor	2.8 miles	16
Frankfort	3.2 miles	17
Choateville	3.4 miles	16
Farmdale	3.6 miles	14
Bridgeport	3.7 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2569557. 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.