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Leeco, Kentucky

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1982. It lies in ZIP code area 41301. It lies near Little Bend Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Zachariah quadrangle.

Leeco within Wolfe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

134 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Leeco between 1995 and 2020, burning about 2,778 acres in total. None started naturally. 28 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 burning45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Arson/incendiarism28
Recreation and ceremony19
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
7 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 September 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 September 2019Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFIXER
21 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
16 September 2016Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryGRIFFEN BRANCH
15 September 1999Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 September 2002Debris and open burning200 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 September 2002Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wolfe 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 Leeco: 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
Mill Creek StoneStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Wolfe 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
Standing Rock0.7 miles13
Zachariah0.7 miles13
El Park (historical)1.7 miles13
Torrent1.7 miles13
Booth3.5 miles13
Glencairn3.9 miles12
Rogers3.9 miles13
Pine Ridge5.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 513296. 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.