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Gadberry, Kentucky

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Columbia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42728. It stands on Brush Creek. The Survey maps it on the Columbia quadrangle. It stands 951 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Gadberry within Adair County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

21 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Gadberry (historical) between 1998 and 2017, burning about 112 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
13 September 1998Arson/incendiarism35 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 August 2007Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
20 May 2014Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBY-PASS
6 April 2001Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 March 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 March 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHUGHES RD. FIRE
17 March 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Adair County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Gadberry (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Williams QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Adair 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
Tabor (historical)1.1 miles9
Fairplay2.2 miles9
Hunter (historical)2.4 miles9
Longview (historical)2.5 miles9
Flatwood2.8 miles9
South Columbia (historical)2.9 miles9
Gum Grove3.3 miles9
Walnut Grove (historical)3.4 miles10

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Gadberry (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5516303The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508057. 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.