BlockKavanaugh, Kentucky
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Catlettsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41129. It stands on Prichard Branch. The Survey maps it on the Burnaugh quadrangle. It stands 574 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 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.
- 1901 USGS Ceredo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1904 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000
- 1913 USGS Ceredo quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Burnaugh quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Burnaugh quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Burnaugh quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
114 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Kavanaugh between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,725 acres in total. None started naturally. 56 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 | 56 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | CENTERVILLE RD |
| 30 August 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | 1190 BALENGEE BR. |
| 8 May 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | TOMS CREEK ROAD |
| 2 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | LOCK HILL |
| 9 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | UPPER GRAGSTON CREEK |
| 9 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | BUFFALO CREEK RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Durbin-Burnaugh (historical) | 0.5 miles | 23 | |
| Burnaugh | 0.6 miles | 23 | |
| Durbin | 1.9 miles | 23 | |
| Lockwood | 3.8 miles | 23 | |
| Big Sandy (historical) | 4.7 miles | 21 | |
| Boltsfork | 6.0 miles | 21 | |
| Whites Creek (historical) | 6.2 miles | 23 | |
| Savage Branch | 6.3 miles | 23 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Kavanaugh | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6379092 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508370. 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.