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Hudgins, Kentucky

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Summersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42782. It stands on Holly Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hudgins quadrangle.

Hudgins within Green County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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.

Fires near this place

20 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Hudgins between 1998 and 2019, burning about 242 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2010Recreation and ceremony35 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMASON FIRE.
12 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 March 1998Arson/incendiarism125 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 March 2001Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 March 2009Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Green 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 Hudgins: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Aetna MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Green County

Storms near this place

4 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hudgins in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2018: 4 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 2018Thunderstorm WindHudgins-Trees were reported down on Highway 569.
January 2012Thunderstorm WindHudgins-A spotter located 5 miles northwest of Summersville estimated a 60 mph wind gust.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindHudgins-Trees were down on Gumm Springs Rd. The time is estimated by radar.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindHudgins-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Green 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
Lobb1.9 miles8
Eve2.6 miles8
Allendale5.4 miles10
Bloyds Crossing5.8 miles10
Gabe6.3 miles10
Bloyd6.8 miles9
Summersville7.4 miles10
Webbs7.5 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508288. 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.