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Hiram, Kentucky

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Cumberland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40823. It stands on Abe Branch. The Survey maps it on the Louellen quadrangle.

Hiram within Harlan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

115 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Hiram between 1997 and 2020, burning about 13,174 acres in total. None started naturally. 19 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 burning46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined40
Arson/incendiarism19
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 September 2007Debris and open burning125 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLITTLE SHEPHERD TRAIL
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 September 2019Arson/incendiarism40 acresKentucky Division of ForestryKARST ROBBINS
21 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 July 2014Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBARK CAMP BRANCH- DELPHIA
28 June 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCHUCK FIRE
20 June 2016Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySANDHILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harlan 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 Hiram: 1 prospect, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Hurricane Gap QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hurricane Gap Sand PitSilicaProspect
Orebank RidgeIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Harlan County

Storms near this place

1 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hiram in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHiram-A spotter driving along Route 119 reported a few trees down.

Every storm recorded in Harlan 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
Chad1.3 miles23
Sand Hill2.2 miles23
Dione2.3 miles23
Cumberland3.2 miles20
Totz4.0 miles23
Clutts4.1 miles20
Black Bottom4.3 miles23
Louellen4.5 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 512716. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.