Halfway, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hiseville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42141. It lies near Winlock Knob. The Survey maps it on the Hiseville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1935 USGS Horse Cave quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Horse Cave quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Hiseville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Hiseville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Halfway between 1999 and 2019, burning about 98 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 29 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Smoking | 16 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 March 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CRENSHAW CASSIDY RD. FIRE |
| 1 March 2007 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 February 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 31 December 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 32 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | JEFFERIES CEMT RD |
| 1 December 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hiseville | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| Park | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Coral Hill | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Griderville | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Goodnight | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Bear Wallow | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Slick Rock | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Lecta | 6.2 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508160. 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.






