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Harcourt, Kentucky

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Sonora census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42740. It lies near Pearl Island. The Survey maps it on the Summit quadrangle.

Harcourt within Hardin County

On record in Harcourt

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

16 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Harcourt between 1999 and 2013, burning about 312 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/undetermined9
Smoking3
Debris and open burning2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2010Smoking3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHWY 84
6 September 1999Smoking201 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 September 2010Smoking7.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryAMISH ROAD
21 June 2007Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
1 April 2013Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryEASTVIEW BARRENS FIRE
11 March 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 February 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 February 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 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 Harcourt: 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
White Mills1.1 miles18
White Mills Junction1.9 miles18
Eastview3.2 miles18
Star Mills3.4 miles14
Summit3.8 miles18
Old Stephensburg4.1 miles18
Flint Hill4.1 miles12
Melrose4.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508179. 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.