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Grayfox, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Salyersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41465. It stands on Wesley Fork. The Survey maps it on the Salyersville North quadrangle.

Grayfox within Magoffin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

319 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 319 fires within 5 miles of Grayfox between 1997 and 2020, burning about 8,948 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 86 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 burning137
Arson/incendiarism86
Missing data/not specified/undetermined73
Recreation and ceremony19
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
29 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHWY 1260
21 September 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 September 2001Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
20 August 2007Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 August 2008Recreation and ceremony8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 June 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBORDERS CE
6 May 2015Recreation and ceremony22 acresKentucky Division of ForestryROCK LICK
5 May 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryROCK LICK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Magoffin County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Grayfox: 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mjm MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Shack Branch ShaleClayProspect

Every working recorded in Magoffin 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
Ever1.0 miles15
Lacey1.4 miles15
Plutarch2.3 miles15
Flat Fork2.3 miles15
Minefork2.4 miles15
Logville2.9 miles15
Wheelersburg3.5 miles15
Maggard3.7 miles15

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 Q122549829The 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 508122. 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.