BlockFreetown, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Fountain Run census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42140. It stands on Rocky Branch. The Survey maps it on the Gamaliel quadrangle.
On record in Freetown
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Mount Vernon A.M.E. Churchlisted 1977 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1931 USGS Red Boiling Springs quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Gamaliel quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
28 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Freetown between 1999 and 2017, burning about 132 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/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 April 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 April 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LOVERS LANE FIRE |
| 4 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 31 March 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 March 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 14 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Freetown: 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gamaliel | Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Trico Stone Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508039. 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.