Hurley, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the McKee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40447. It stands on Old Field Branch. The Survey maps it on the Sandgap quadrangle.

Hurley within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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.

1893 USGS London quadrangle1:125000
1897 USGS London quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1953 USGS Sandgap quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

125 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Hurley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,376 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 65 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
Arson/incendiarism	65
Debris and open burning	28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15
Recreation and ceremony	12
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Natural	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
9 September 1998	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Daniel Boone National Forest	GRENADE
7 September 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Daniel Boone National Forest	SAWDUST
2 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Daniel Boone National Forest	448
2 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Daniel Boone National Forest	290
17 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
12 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
3 August 2007	Natural	43 acres	Daniel Boone National Forest	BECKETT
17 August 1999	Debris and open burning	20 acres	Daniel Boone National Forest	LAUREL FORK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hurley: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
	Clover Bottom Underground	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
	Indian Creek Mine	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Jackson 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
Upper Indian Creek (historical)	0.2 miles	14
McKee	2.4 miles	13
Bethel (historical)	4.0 miles	14
Bradshaw	4.0 miles	13
Waneta	4.3 miles	14
Atkinstown	4.4 miles	13
Pine Flat (historical)	4.7 miles	14
Loam	4.9 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 512855. 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.