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Little Beech, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Hazard census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41723. It stands on Long Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hyden East quadrangle. It stands 1,161 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Little Beech within Perry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

519 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 519 fires within 5 miles of Little Beech (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 19,562 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 111 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 burning201
Missing data/not specified/undetermined159
Arson/incendiarism111
Recreation and ceremony37
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Smoking2
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
30 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryWOOLY FK
24 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 September 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Perry 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 Little Beech (historical): 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Branch Gap ClayClayProspect

Every working recorded in Perry 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
Hurricane (historical)1.4 miles13
Avawam1.8 miles14
Yerkes2.5 miles13
Busy2.6 miles13
Whitaker (historical)3.2 miles14
Typo3.5 miles13
Olivers (historical)3.6 miles13
Butterfly3.6 miles13

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q6649053The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2557173. 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.