BlockGentontown, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Crab Orchard census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40419. It stands on Copper Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brodhead quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1893 USGS London quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS London quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Brodhead quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
58 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Gentontown (historical) between 1998 and 2020, burning about 640 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DRIPPING SPRINGS |
| 5 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 32 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Gentontown (historical): 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockcastle-Garrard Shale Exposure | Clay | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkeytown | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Crab Orchard | 2.6 miles | 7 | |
| Fall Lick (historical) | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Holdams Mill (historical) | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Peoples Corner (historical) | 4.4 miles | 7 | |
| Cedar Creek (historical) | 4.4 miles | 7 | |
| Colliers Store (historical) | 4.5 miles | 7 | |
| Chapel Gap (historical) | 4.8 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2742213. 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.