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Griffin, Kentucky

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Coopersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42633. It stands on Gregory Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bell Farm quadrangle.

Griffin within Wayne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

56 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Griffin between 1995 and 2020, burning about 3,717 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 26 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
Arson/incendiarism26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Debris and open burning10
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural1
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
9 August 2008Debris and open burning149 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBIG PILOT ROCK
30 June 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestROCK
18 May 2001Debris and open burning341 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 April 1995Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresDaniel Boone National Forest4-H
4 April 2020Arson/incendiarism15 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPARMLEYSVILLE ROAD
4 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 April 1996Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresDaniel Boone National Forest4-H

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne 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 Griffin: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, 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
Whitley Clay BedClayProspect
Yamacraw Sandstone RoadcutSilicaProspect

Every working recorded in Wayne County

Storms near this place

1 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Griffin 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
June 2004Thunderstorm WindGriffin-Large tree limbs were down near Mount Carmel Church.

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Parmleysville1.9 miles8
Rockybranch2.1 miles9
Burfield3.6 miles8
Coopersville3.9 miles11
Kidds Crossing4.4 miles11
Barrier4.9 miles14
Mount Pisgah5.5 miles8
Oil Valley6.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 512459. 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.