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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.

Halfway within Barren County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

10 since 1999

Regional 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/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural1
Smoking1

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
25 September 2008Railroad operations and maintenance29 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 September 1999Smoking16 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 March 2017Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCRENSHAW CASSIDY RD. FIRE
1 March 2007Natural3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 February 2001Equipment and vehicle use3.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
31 December 2010Railroad operations and maintenance32 acresKentucky Division of ForestryJEFFERIES CEMT RD
1 December 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 November 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barren 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
Hiseville1.2 miles13
Park3.8 miles11
Coral Hill4.1 miles13
Griderville4.3 miles13
Goodnight4.5 miles13
Bear Wallow5.4 miles11
Slick Rock5.7 miles13
Lecta6.2 miles13

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.