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Line Fork, Kentucky

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Blackey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41833. It stands on Dry Fork. The Survey maps it on the Roxana quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Line Fork within Letcher County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

112 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Line Fork (historical) between 1997 and 2019, burning about 12,122 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 20 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 burning50
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Arson/incendiarism20
Recreation and ceremony8
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 September 2007Debris and open burning125 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLITTLE SHEPHERD TRAIL
20 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 June 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCHUCK FIRE
23 June 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 June 2002Recreation and ceremony20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
20 June 2016Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySANDHILL
19 June 2008Natural1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Letcher County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Line Fork (historical): 1 prospect, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silica, 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
Hurricane Gap QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hurricane Gap Sand PitSilicaProspect
Orebank RidgeIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Letcher 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
Linefork0.0 miles16
Flint2.6 miles16
Hubert (historical)2.7 miles16
Defeated Creek2.8 miles16
Kings Creek3.3 miles16
Partridge3.4 miles16
Gordon3.9 miles23
Skyline4.0 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2336148. 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.