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Limeville, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Greenup census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41175. It stands on Limeville Branch. The Survey maps it on the Portsmouth quadrangle.

Limeville within Greenup County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

133 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Limeville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 788 acres in total. None started naturally. 18 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 burning65
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Arson/incendiarism18
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources5485
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1821
4 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources8765
21 September 2018Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources13285
20 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenup County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Limeville: 3 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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
Cyclops Corp/ New Boston, OhioIronProducer
Greenup MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
River Creek Clay BedClayProspect
South Shore Clay BedClayProspect
Blair QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cunningham PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Cunningham PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Greenup 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
Edgington1.9 miles15
Siloam2.0 miles15
Maloneton2.5 miles15
Frost2.9 miles15
Sunshine3.6 miles15
Grays Branch3.8 miles15
South Shore4.2 miles15
Walsh4.8 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508464. 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.