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Kirkville, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Garrison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41174. It stands on Indian Run. The Survey maps it on the Friendship quadrangle.

Kirkville within Lewis County

On record in Kirkville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

135 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Kirkville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 4,486 acres in total. None started naturally. 24 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 burning66
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Arson/incendiarism24
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
6 September 2007Debris and open burning45 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources9147
14 September 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySHEEP HOLL
20 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
1 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 June 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCHURCH STR
7 May 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources8166

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Kirkville: 1 plant, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Own Crews QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Portsmouth WorksClayPlant
South Shore Clay BedClayProspect

Every working recorded in Lewis 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
Firebrick0.8 miles14
Saint Paul3.0 miles14
Quincy6.9 miles14
Garrison9.4 miles14
Rexton9.9 miles11
Upper Bruce (historical)11.4 miles14
Buena Vista13.2 miles14
Tannery14.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508394. 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.