Horseshoe Bend, Kentucky

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Raywick census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40060. It stands on Clear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Raywick quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Horseshoe Bend within Marion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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.

1953 USGS Raywick quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

24 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Horseshoe Bend (historical) between 1998 and 2020, burning about 324 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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/undetermined	8
Debris and open burning	6
Recreation and ceremony	5
Arson/incendiarism	4
Smoking	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
15 April 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
10 April 1999	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
9 March 2020	Arson/incendiarism	1.3 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	ST. MATTHEWS
5 March 2017	Arson/incendiarism	10 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	CLEAR CREEK
5 March 2010	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
31 March 1998	Arson/incendiarism	10 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
3 March 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
23 March 2000	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Horseshoe Bend (historical): 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Rolling Fork Clay Bed	Clay	Prospect

Every working recorded in Marion 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Saint Joseph	2.1 miles	8
Clear Creek (historical)	2.2 miles	9
Raywick	2.7 miles	8
Gilboa (historical)	3.5 miles	9
Cherry Run (historical)	3.9 miles	8
Lagoon (historical)	4.2 miles	6
McElroy Pike (historical)	4.6 miles	6
Ridge (historical)	4.6 miles	9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2566874. 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.