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Johnstonville, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Tompkinsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42167. It stands on Kings Branch. The Survey maps it on the Blacks Ferry quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Johnstonville within Monroe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

Fires near this place

78 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Johnstonville (historical) between 1998 and 2017, burning about 1,306 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 20 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 burning27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Arson/incendiarism20
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
24 September 1999Smoking2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 July 2012Naturalunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryJUNGLE
23 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 April 2010Debris and open burning29 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 April 2010Debris and open burning133 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLITTLE SULFUR
27 April 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe 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 Johnstonville (historical): 5 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Oil Shale, Uranium, Oil Shale. 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
Outcrop Sample For UraniumUranium, Oil ShaleOccurrence
Outcrop Sample For UraniumUranium, Oil ShaleOccurrence
Outcrop Sample For UraniumUranium, Oil ShaleOccurrence
Outcrop Sample For UraniumUranium, Oil ShaleOccurrence
Outcrop Sample For UraniumUranium, Oil ShaleOccurrence

Every working recorded in Monroe 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
Raydure2.4 miles14
Martinsburg2.8 miles14
Blythe2.8 miles13
Coe2.8 miles13
Vernon3.4 miles13
Otia3.8 miles13
Meshack4.3 miles13
Hestand7.3 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2803960. 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.