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Foxtown, Kentucky

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the McKee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40447. It stands on Sand Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Leighton quadrangle.

Foxtown within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

197 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 197 fires within 5 miles of Foxtown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,464 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 124 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/incendiarism124
Debris and open burning39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestGRENADE
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestLOWER DRY FORK
2 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestCARLTON ROAD #2
3 August 2007Natural43 acresDaniel Boone National ForestBECKETT
23 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestHARRISON CEMETERY
18 August 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestBRUSHY RIDGE
17 August 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestELLEY
11 July 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestME CRAZY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Foxtown: 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Platinum, Zinc, 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
Clover Bottom UndergroundStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
J.W.Miller ProspectZinc, Lead, Platinum, SilverProspect
Rose ProspectLead, Platinum, ZincProspect

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

3 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Foxtown in 3 storm reports between 2020 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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
April 2025Thunderstorm WindFoxtown-Jackson County 911 Center reported a tree down near the 580 Block of Brushy Ridge Rd.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindFoxtown-Several trees were blown down near 200 Moore (Ridge) Road in the Foxtown Community.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindFoxtown-The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet reported a tree downed along Kentucky Highway 89 near Foxtown.

Every storm 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
Sand Springs1.6 miles13
Brazil2.9 miles15
Lakes3.0 miles13
Waneta3.2 miles14
Salt Rock (historical)3.3 miles13
Chestnut Flat (historical)3.4 miles15
Macedonia3.5 miles13
Wind Cave3.5 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 512235. 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.