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Midland, Kentucky

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Salt Lick census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40371. It stands on Bayou Creek. The Survey maps it on the Farmers quadrangle.

Midland within Bath County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

43 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Midland between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,472 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 burning12
Recreation and ceremony11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
13 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 June 2008Power generation/transmission/distribution10 acresDaniel Boone National ForestGEORGE 2
22 May 1997Natural2.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestNO WAY
9 April 1999Recreation and ceremony15 acresDaniel Boone National ForestGRAVEYARD BRANCH
7 April 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestTWIN KNOBS
5 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryEXIT 133
3 April 2010Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 April 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreDaniel Boone National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bath County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Midland: 3 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Iron, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fern Creek StoneStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Indian Creek Iron TrackIronProspect
Eastside Roadcut Clay BedClayProspect
Ellitoville GullyClayProspect

Every working recorded in Bath County

Storms near this place

1 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Midland in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 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
February 2024Thunderstorm WindMidland$1,000A tree was blown down onto a power line at 155 McKenzie Road just SW of Farmers.

Every storm recorded in Bath 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
Salt Lick2.2 miles10
Lower Salt Lick (historical)3.3 miles10
Polksville4.1 miles10
White Sulpher (historical)4.6 miles10
Shrout (historical)5.3 miles10
Ore Mines (historical)5.6 miles10
Clear Creek Furnace5.8 miles10
Zilpo Recreation Area6.0 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 513953. 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.