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Hardwick, Kentucky

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Mill Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42633. It lies near Turpin Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Frazer quadrangle.

Hardwick within Wayne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

25 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Hardwick between 1999 and 2020, burning about 474 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism5
Debris and open burning5
Recreation and ceremony3

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
24 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 April 1999Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 March 2020Arson/incendiarism50 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMORROW CEMETARY
6 March 2002Recreation and ceremony17 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 March 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 March 2016Debris and open burning140 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFOREST RIDGE FIRE
19 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne 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
Frazer2.0 miles11
Kidder2.3 miles11
Betsey3.3 miles11
Touristville3.8 miles14
Mill Springs4.7 miles14
Delta4.8 miles11
Steubenville6.6 miles14
Spann6.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508185. 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.