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Lagoon, Kentucky

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the New Market census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42718. It lies near Coopers Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Lebanon West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Lagoon within Marion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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

33 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Lagoon (historical) between 1998 and 2020, burning about 423 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
5 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 April 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 April 2018Arson/incendiarism15 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFINLEY RIDGE
2 April 1998Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 April 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 March 2020Arson/incendiarism1.3 acresKentucky Division of ForestryST. MATTHEWS
9 March 2010Recreation and ceremony10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lagoon (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Ward & Montgomery QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Marion 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
McElroy Pike (historical)1.6 miles6
Saint Joseph2.2 miles8
New Market2.2 miles6
Jessietown2.5 miles9
Ridge (historical)2.7 miles9
Belltown2.9 miles6
Stewarts Creek (historical)3.1 miles6
Clear Creek (historical)3.2 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2742295. 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.