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Jericho, Kentucky

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Russell Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42642. It stands on Jones Branch. The Survey maps it on the Russell Springs quadrangle.

Jericho within Russell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

15 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Jericho between 1999 and 2019, burning about 86 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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/undetermined6
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning2

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
26 April 2001Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 March 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 March 2000Arson/incendiarism10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
20 March 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 March 1999Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 March 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 December 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 December 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.1 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Russell 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
Humble0.9 miles9
Webbs Cross Roads1.6 miles9
Fonthill2.4 miles9
Sycamore Flat2.6 miles9
Horntown2.6 miles9
Russell Springs3.0 miles9
Sano3.3 miles9
Royville3.3 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508335. 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.