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Long Ridge, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Kettle-Peytonsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42717. It lies near Julia Bow Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Frogue quadrangle.

Long Ridge within Cumberland 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

38 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Long Ridge between 1998 and 2020, burning about 476 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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/undetermined12
Debris and open burning9
Recreation and ceremony8
Arson/incendiarism6
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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
6 April 2010Railroad operations and maintenance30 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 April 2007Recreation and ceremony12 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 April 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryROBERT RIDGE
25 April 2009Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 April 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 April 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMODOC
11 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cumberland County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Long Ridge: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Cadmium, Germanium. 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
BurkesvilleZinc, Cadmium, GermaniumPast ProducerSphalerite
Grider MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Cumberland 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
Modoc0.7 miles15
Green Grove1.6 miles15
Hegira2.8 miles15
Bow2.9 miles10
Kettle4.5 miles15
Tanbark4.9 miles14
Burkesville5.1 miles10
Claywell5.1 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508500. 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.