Gar, Kentucky

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Zula-Powersburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42633. It lies near Bill Long Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Cumberland City quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Gar within Wayne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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.

1954 USGS Cumberland City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
1978 USGS Cumberland City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

72 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Gar (historical) between 1998 and 2020, burning about 4,245 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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 burning	30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	18
Arson/incendiarism	12
Recreation and ceremony	6
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
9 September 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	11 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
25 September 2008	Debris and open burning	98 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
25 September 2008	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
20 September 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	150 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	WHIPPOORWILL FIRE
13 September 1998	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
11 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
18 August 1999	Recreation and ceremony	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
2 July 2012	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Kentucky Division of Forestry	HUFFAKER F

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne 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
Cabell	2.4 miles	10
Parnell	4.1 miles	14
Stop (historical)	4.2 miles	14
Ramsey Island	4.2 miles	14
Murl	4.9 miles	14
Frisby	6.1 miles	14
Swifton	6.3 miles	14
Wait	6.8 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2568807. 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.