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Freemont, Kentucky

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the St. Johns-Freemont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42003. The Survey maps it on the Symsonia quadrangle.

Freemont within McCracken County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

33 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Freemont between 1997 and 2018, burning about 204 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/undetermined14
Recreation and ceremony7
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1999Smoking3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use45 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 August 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
16 August 2012Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySOUTH FRIE
16 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
1 August 2012Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryJOHNY KING
28 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McCracken 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 Freemont: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Dunning MineClayPast Producer
Massac Creek Clay BedFire Clay (Refractory)Prospect

Every working recorded in McCracken 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
Woods (historical)1.0 miles11
Garrett (historical)1.0 miles11
Krebs1.5 miles11
Sunny Slope (historical)1.6 miles11
Hardmoney2.5 miles11
Sheehan Bridge3.0 miles11
Yopp3.1 miles12
Saint Johns3.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508038. 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.