Jackson Schoolhouse, Kentucky

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Owingsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40360. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Olympia quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Jackson Schoolhouse within Bath County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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.

1929 USGS Salt Lick quadrangle1:62500
1934 USGS Salt Lick quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS Olympia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
1977 USGS Olympia quadrangle1:24000
1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

38 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Jackson Schoolhouse (historical) between 1997 and 2017, burning about 581 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
Debris and open burning	15
Recreation and ceremony	9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8
Arson/incendiarism	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	2

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 April 2007	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
8 April 2013	Recreation and ceremony	50 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	OLYMPIA SPRINGS
6 April 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	OLYMPIA LUMBER
25 April 1997	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
24 April 2009	Recreation and ceremony	50 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
24 April 2008	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
21 April 1999	Arson/incendiarism	250 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
19 April 2014	Recreation and ceremony	7.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	SOUR SPRINGS RD.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bath County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

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

Site	Commodity	Status
Clover Creek Iron Tract	Iron	Prospect
Horton-North Iron Tract	Iron	Prospect
Horton-South Iron Tract	Iron	Prospect
Indian Creek Iron Track	Iron	Prospect
Rose Run Iron Tract	Iron	Prospect

Every working recorded in Bath 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
Olympia	2.0 miles	10
Ore Mines (historical)	2.5 miles	10
Shrout (historical)	2.6 miles	10
Preston	2.8 miles	8
Owingsville	2.9 miles	9
Peasticks	2.9 miles	10
Kendall Springs (historical)	3.2 miles	8
Kendall Springs	3.3 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2416417. 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.