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Glencairn, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Campton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41360. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Slade quadrangle.

Glencairn within Wolfe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

174 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 174 fires within 5 miles of Glencairn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,109 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 34 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
Recreation and ceremony51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Debris and open burning34
Arson/incendiarism34
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking2
Fireworks2

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
6 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestHOLIDAY
3 September 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestPILLOW
28 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestHALF MOON
26 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPINE RIDGE
22 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySLADE-CAMPTON RD
16 September 2016Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryGRIFFEN BRANCH
15 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wolfe 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 Glencairn: 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
Mill Creek StoneStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Wolfe County

Storms near this place

1 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glencairn in 1 storm report in 2004: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2004Thunderstorm WindGlencairn-One tree was down on Highway 15, about 1 mile northwest of the Koomer Ridge Campground, or about two miles north northeast of Glencairn. One tree was down on Highway 715 in Pine Ridge. One tree was down across Highway 11, about three miles east of Natural Bridge State Resort Park.

Every storm recorded in Wolfe 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
Rogers2.3 miles13
Pine Ridge3.0 miles15
El Park (historical)3.3 miles13
Torrent3.3 miles13
Standing Rock3.8 miles13
Leeco3.9 miles13
Zachariah4.1 miles13
Booth5.1 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 512329. 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.