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Little Garner, Kentucky

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Ashland South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41102. It stands on Little Garner Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ashland quadrangle. It stands 581 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 Garner within Boyd County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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

165 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 165 fires within 5 miles of Little Garner (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,949 acres in total. None started naturally. 36 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/undetermined41
Arson/incendiarism36
Recreation and ceremony18
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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
7 September 1998Arson/incendiarism10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 September 1998Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 September 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 August 1998Equipment and vehicle use10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 July 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryREBEL ROAD
19 June 2007Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boyd 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 Little Garner (historical): 1 prospect, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 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
Buena Vista Clay BedClayProspect
Clinton Shale MineClayPast Producer
Princess Mine Big RunClayProducer

Every working recorded in Boyd 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
Summit1.9 miles22
Meads2.2 miles22
Rockdale2.4 miles22
Ironville2.9 miles22
Princess3.3 miles22
Winslow3.3 miles22
West Fairview3.7 miles22
Cannonsburg3.7 miles22

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 Q14690838The 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 2088730. 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.