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Hampton, Kentucky

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Salem census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42047. It stands on Whippoorwill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lola quadrangle. It stands 531 feet above sea level.

Hampton within Livingston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 21 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

14 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Hampton between 1999 and 2016, burning about 334 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1

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 1999Misuse of fire by a minor16 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 March 2007Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined150 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 March 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 February 1999Debris and open burning6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Livingston County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Hampton: 9 prospects, 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Cadmium, Germanium, Gallium. 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
Chittenden - Black - WrightFluorine-Fluorite, Barium-BariteProspect1919
Dyers Hill Fluorspar DepositsFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Cadmium, Germanium, GalliumPast Producer1950, 1956
Lasher ProjectFluorine-Fluorite, ZincProspect1970
May MineZinc, Lead, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect
Larkin Croft ProspectFluorine-Fluorite, ZincProspect
Sunderland ProspectZincProspect
B.S.Watson ProspectFluorine-FluoriteProspect
BonanzaFluorine-FluoritePast Producer1902, 1903
Dyers Hill MineFluorine-FluoritePast Producer1955
Kemper ProspectFluorine-FluoriteProspect

Every working recorded in Livingston County

Storms near this place

6 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hampton in 6 storm reports between 1995 and 2013: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 tornado. 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
January 2013Tornado (EF2)Hampton$100,000The tornado began on the southwest side of town and travelled northeast along Highway 838. Peak winds were estimated around 120 mph. The average path width was 175 yards. The sanctuary of a church collapsed. The steeple was blown off a second church, and some shingles were damaged. Several trees were blown down or snapped. A few homes received shingle damage.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindHampton$2,000Large tree limbs were blown down.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindHampton$1,000Tree branches around three to four inches in diameter were blown off trees.
August 2013Heavy RainHampton-Kentucky Highway 135 was flooded in northern Livingston County. Water over road signs were posted, and travel was discouraged along that section of road.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindHampton-Trees were down on Highway 135 near Hampton, near Birdsville, and in the Burna area.
May 1995HailHampton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Livingston 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
Burna2.7 miles19
Lola4.2 miles21
Mullikin Junction4.6 miles19
Joy5.0 miles23
Birdsville5.9 miles21
Bayou6.1 miles21
Lemen Landing6.2 miles19
Miller Landing6.9 miles21

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.

Wikipedia article on HamptonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q15222685The 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 493649. 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.