BlockIron Hill, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Grayson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41143. It stands on Friends Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tygarts Valley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1950 USGS Tygarts Valley quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Tygarts Valley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
134 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Iron Hill between 1997 and 2020, burning about 3,307 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 34 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 burning | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 34 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 July 2012 | Natural | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CARTER CAV |
| 11 June 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SMITH BRANCH RD |
| 9 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GREGORY HO |
| 9 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 75 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Iron Hill: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fultz Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Gesling Open Pit Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Messer Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Ramey Zorne Branch Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Wesley Corn Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Womack Mine | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Iron Hill in 1 storm report in 1997: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iron Hill | $2,000 | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte Furnace | 0.5 miles | 8 | |
| Deevert | 1.5 miles | 8 | |
| Gesling | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Wolf | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Carter | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Lindsey Chapel (historical) | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Gregoryville | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| The Cross Roads (historical) | 6.1 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508317. 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.