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Harbell, Kentucky

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Pineville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40977. It stands on Bird Branch. The Survey maps it on the Middlesboro North quadrangle. It stands 994 feet above sea level.

Harbell within Bell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 25 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

202 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 202 fires within 5 miles of Harbell between 1997 and 2020, burning about 9,185 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 46 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
Debris and open burning78
Missing data/not specified/undetermined53
Arson/incendiarism46
Recreation and ceremony14
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 September 2007Recreation and ceremony15 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
27 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 September 2017Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryUS HWY 25E
24 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
27 August 1998Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bell 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 Harbell: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Hana Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Levi Polly Sand PitSilicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bell 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
East Pineville0.2 miles25
Wasioto1.4 miles25
Ponza1.8 miles25
Pineville2.4 miles18
Ferndale2.5 miles25
Calvin2.8 miles27
Dorton Branch2.8 miles18
Straight Creek2.9 miles18

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 HarbellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5654359The 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 508178. 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.