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Hill Top, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Frenchburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40322. It lies near Craig Hill. The Survey maps it on the Scranton quadrangle. It stands 1,129 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Hill Top within Menifee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

41 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Hill Top (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,231 acres in total. 3 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
Debris and open burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Recreation and ceremony5
Arson/incendiarism5
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2

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
8 September 2007Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 September 2007Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 September 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 April 2020Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHWY 36
7 April 2017Arson/incendiarism35 acresDaniel Boone National ForestHURRICANE
7 April 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestREBEL TRACE
6 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryJOHNSON BRANCH
6 April 2010Debris and open burning50 acresKentucky Division of ForestryROTHWELL HILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Menifee County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hill Top (historical): 1 producer, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Iron. 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
A.W. Walker QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, ClayProspect
J.W.Ingram DepositIronOccurrence
Indian Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Menifee 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
Stonequarry (historical)0.8 miles12
Sudith2.3 miles10
Ratliff2.4 miles12
Frenchburg2.5 miles12
Salt Lick Creek (historical)3.2 miles12
Hathaway Creek (historical)3.5 miles12
McCausey Ridge (historical)3.9 miles12
Dog Trot (historical)4.1 miles12

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 Hill Top (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14690599The 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 2400783. 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.