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Lost Creek, Kentucky

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Elkfork-Ophir census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41472. It stands on Turpentine Branch. The Survey maps it on the Dingus quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Lost Creek within Morgan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

276 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 276 fires within 5 miles of Lost Creek (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 7,984 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 88 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 burning106
Arson/incendiarism88
Missing data/not specified/undetermined62
Recreation and ceremony16
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1
Smoking1
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
6 September 2010Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLOW BRANCH ROAD
29 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHWY 1260
13 September 2001Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 August 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 August 2008Recreation and ceremony8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 June 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBORDERS CE
10 June 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryCANTRELL'S CREEK
3 May 2018Arson/incendiarism62 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMINE FK.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan 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 Lost Creek (historical): 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Mjm MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Shack Branch ShaleClayProspect

Every working recorded in Morgan 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
Lower Sandlick (historical)0.8 miles16
Upper Sandlick (historical)1.6 miles16
Ophir1.6 miles16
Silverhill1.8 miles16
Coffee Creek (historical)2.7 miles16
Mima2.8 miles16
Relief4.4 miles17
Dingus4.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2362581. 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.