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Hansbrough, Kentucky

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Cecilia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42724. It stands on Blacks Branch. The Survey maps it on the Cecilia quadrangle.

Hansbrough within Hardin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

12 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Hansbrough between 1999 and 2013, burning about 401 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined4
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Arson/incendiarism1
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 1999Smoking201 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
20 September 2007Railroad operations and maintenance117 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 April 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
1 April 2013Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryEASTVIEW BARRENS FIRE
9 March 2010Smoking4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 March 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKentucky Division of ForestryJAMES DUVALL FIRE
1 March 2002Railroad operations and maintenance45 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 February 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hardin County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hansbrough: 2 prospects, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
No. 3 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Big Clifty Sandstone ExposureSilicaProspect
Eastview Abandoned Sandstone PitSilicaPast Producer
Railroad Overpass Sandstone OutcropSilicaProspect

Every working recorded in Hardin 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
Stephensburg1.5 miles18
Old Stephensburg2.0 miles18
Star Mills2.5 miles14
Franklin Cross Roads2.7 miles17
Cecilia2.9 miles17
White Mills Junction4.5 miles18
Eastview4.6 miles18
Saint John4.6 miles17

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 Q122572709The 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 508176. 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.