Mark, Kentucky

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Somerset census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42503. It stands on Big Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bobtown quadrangle.

Mark within Pulaski County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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.

1935 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:62500
1954 USGS Bobtown quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

13 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Mark between 1998 and 2019, burning about 2,678 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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	7
Arson/incendiarism	5
Recreation and ceremony	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
7 April 1998	Debris and open burning	6.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
6 April 2000	Arson/incendiarism	15 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
5 April 1999	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
8 March 2002	Recreation and ceremony	50 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
26 March 2001	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
20 March 2019	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	GRUNDY
16 March 2013	Debris and open burning	25 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	BARNESBURG
11 March 2014	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Kentucky Division of Forestry	SUGAR HILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mark: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Pulaski Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Pulaski 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
Coin	0.9 miles	9
Shopville	1.3 miles	13
Barnesburg	1.8 miles	9
Welborn	2.5 miles	13
Valley Oak	2.5 miles	13
Dry Hole (historical)	2.5 miles	13
Grundy	2.7 miles	9
Dabney	2.8 miles	9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508542. 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.