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Lawton, Kentucky

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Upper Tygart census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41164. It stands on Jacobs Fork. The Survey maps it on the Olive Hill quadrangle.

Lawton within Carter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

201 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 201 fires within 5 miles of Lawton between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,800 acres in total. None started naturally. 36 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 burning77
Missing data/not specified/undetermined55
Arson/incendiarism36
Recreation and ceremony30
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
23 September 2010Debris and open burning7.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryB AND B LANE
18 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCHERYL ROGERS HOLLOW
10 September 2002Debris and open burning40 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 June 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryDAVIS LANE
5 May 2015Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryDEHART ROAD
4 May 2014Debris and open burning6.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBRUCE HOLLOW
31 May 2008Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carter County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Lawton: 10 past producers, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Silica. 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
Chespeake Sandstone PitSilicaPast Producer
Lawton Sandstone PitSilicaProspect
Railroad Sandstone PitSilicaPast Producer
Dry Branch Strip MineClayPast Producer
Durham Fork ShaleClayProspect
Ford Burchett Clay MineClayPast Producer
Ford Burchett Clay MineClayPast Producer
Porter School ShaleClayProspect
Soldier Fork-Macabee Creek Mine 1ClayPast Producer
Soldier Fork-Macabee Creek Mine 2ClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Carter 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
Silica (historical)0.3 miles9
Limestone0.7 miles9
Enterprise1.9 miles8
Globe1.9 miles9
Offill's Mill (historical)2.2 miles8
Garvin Ridge2.4 miles9
Clark Hill2.5 miles9
Jacobs2.7 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508431. 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.