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Middle Fork, Kentucky

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Viper census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41774. It stands on Peter Fork. The Survey maps it on the Hazard South quadrangle. It stands 1,047 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Middle Fork within Perry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

274 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 274 fires within 5 miles of Middle Fork (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 15,045 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 45 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 burning121
Missing data/not specified/undetermined75
Arson/incendiarism45
Recreation and ceremony28
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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 2007Debris and open burning12 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 September 2016Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryJEFF
29 September 2007Debris and open burning63 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresDaniel Boone National ForestORCHARD
25 September 2007Debris and open burning9.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 September 1999Arson/incendiarism118 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryUPPER RIVER RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Perry 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 Middle Fork (historical): 1 prospect. 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
Buffalo Divide ShaleClayProspect

Every working recorded in Perry 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
Dow0.6 miles16
Farler1.9 miles16
Viper2.3 miles16
Fuson (historical)3.8 miles16
Fusonia3.9 miles16
Jeff4.0 miles16
Daisy4.1 miles14
Big Branch (historical)4.2 miles16

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Middle Fork (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6841403The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2556935. 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.