Lower McIntosh, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Cutshin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41776. It stands on MacIntosh Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hyden East quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Lower McIntosh within Leslie County

On record in Lower McIntosh

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Roderick McIntosh Farmlisted 1991 · 0.2 miles away

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.

1891 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1916 USGS Hyden quadrangle1:48000
1919 USGS Hyden quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Hyden East quadrangle1:24000
1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Hyden East quadrangle1:24000
1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
1980 USGS Hyden East quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

278 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 278 fires within 5 miles of Lower McIntosh (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,936 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 55 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 burning	105
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	93
Arson/incendiarism	55
Recreation and ceremony	20
Natural	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
30 September 2007	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
23 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
23 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
19 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
31 August 1999	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
24 August 2008	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
24 August 2008	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
20 August 2008	Debris and open burning	310 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	BAKER FORK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Leslie 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Toulouse	2.1 miles	14
Wooton	2.5 miles	14
Dryhill	2.6 miles	15
Grassy (historical)	3.0 miles	14
Hyden	3.8 miles	14
Hendrix (historical)	4.1 miles	14
Kaliopi	4.8 miles	15
Frew	4.9 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2362743. 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.