BlockLindsey Chapel, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Grayson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41143. It lies near Tinsley Hill. The Survey maps it on the Grayson quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1903 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1904 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Grayson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Grayson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
131 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Lindsey Chapel (historical) between 1997 and 2019, burning about 3,224 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 25 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | AA HAYFIELD |
| 17 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pactolus | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| The Cross Roads (historical) | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| Grayson | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Beech Grove | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Gregoryville | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Deevert | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Iron Hill | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Charlotte Furnace | 5.3 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2337224. 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.