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Harrolds Branch, Kentucky

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Pikeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41501. It stands on Lank Branch. The Survey maps it on the Pikeville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Harrolds Branch within Pike County

On record in Harrolds Branch

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 7 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

229 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 229 fires within 5 miles of Harrolds Branch (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 13,405 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 44 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 burning75
Missing data/not specified/undetermined73
Arson/incendiarism44
Recreation and ceremony32
Smoking2
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMARION BRANCH
7 September 2007Recreation and ceremony90 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 September 2008Recreation and ceremony25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined11 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBILL KING HOLLOW
25 September 2008Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 September 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySHELBY YARD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike 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
Pleasant Valley0.3 miles18
Lower Chloe (historical)0.7 miles18
Titan Siding0.9 miles18
Pikeville0.9 miles18
Mayo Village1.3 miles18
Kewanee1.7 miles18
Yorktown1.9 miles18
Pauley2.3 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2120809. 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.