Garvin Ridge, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Olive Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41164. It stands on Griffy Branch. The Survey maps it on the Olive Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1950 USGS Olive Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Olive Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1970 USGS Olive Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
174 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 174 fires within 5 miles of Garvin Ridge between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,584 acres in total. None started naturally. 32 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 | 61 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 52 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 24 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | B AND B LANE |
| 18 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CHERYL ROGERS HOLLOW |
| 10 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HIGHWAY 59 |
| 26 June 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DAVIS LANE |
| 5 May 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DEHART ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Garvin Ridge: 5 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Silica, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olive Hill Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| V Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Chespeake Sandstone Pit | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Lawton Sandstone Pit | Silica | Prospect | ||
| Railroad Sandstone Pit | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Dry Branch Strip Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Durham Fork Shale | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Ford Burchett Clay Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Ford Burchett Clay Mine | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garvin Ridge in 1 storm report in 2010: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garvin Ridge | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Hill | 1.0 miles | 9 | |
| Olive Hill | 1.9 miles | 9 | |
| Globe | 2.1 miles | 9 | |
| Limestone | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Lawton | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Cold Springs (historical) | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Silica (historical) | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Reeder (historical) | 2.5 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122550000 | The 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 508072. 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.





