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Longton, Kentucky

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Wallins Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40873. It stands on Pearl Branch. The Survey maps it on the Wallins Creek quadrangle.

Longton within Harlan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

148 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Longton between 1997 and 2020, burning about 8,152 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 27 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 burning67
Missing data/not specified/undetermined44
Arson/incendiarism27
Recreation and ceremony7
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
23 September 2007Debris and open burning17 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 September 2007Debris and open burning8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 July 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCOLD IRON
23 July 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 July 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 May 2010Debris and open burning6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harlan 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 Longton: 3 prospects. 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
Jesse Spur RoadcutClayProspect
Kentenia ShaleClayProspect
Wallins Creek South ShaleClayProspect

Every working recorded in Harlan County

Storms near this place

2 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Longton in 2 storm reports in 2014: 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2014Thunderstorm WindLongton-Numerous trees were blown down and several power outages occurred.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindLongton-Trees were blown down.

Every storm recorded in Harlan 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
Wallins Creek0.5 miles24
Tremont0.9 miles24
South Wallins1.4 miles24
Wilhoit1.8 miles24
Fresh Meadows2.0 miles25
Keith2.4 miles25
Coldiron2.4 miles24
Rio Vista2.8 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 497155. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.