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Millers Creek, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Ravenna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40472. It stands on Millers Creek. The Survey maps it on the Irvine quadrangle.

Millers Creek within Estill County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

118 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Millers Creek between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4,266 acres in total. None started naturally. 25 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 burning46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Arson/incendiarism25
Recreation and ceremony14
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1

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
4 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 September 2008Debris and open burning30 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFITCHBURG RD
1 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestHALE RIDGE #1
3 May 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 April 2013Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFURNACE JUNCTION ROAD
8 April 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 April 2013Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryOIL WELL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Estill County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Millers Creek: 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Tipton Ridge QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Highway 52 RoadcutClayProspect
Highway 851 Shalw ExposureClayProspect

Every working recorded in Estill County

Storms near this place

3 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Millers Creek in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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
April 2015FloodMillers Creek$1,000Water was covering Driftwood Drive and KY Millers Creek Road, making the road impassable.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMillers Creek-A tree was blown down onto Millers Creek Road near the railroad crossing, just ESE of Ravenna.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindMillers Creek-Trees were downed.

Every storm recorded in Estill 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
Wilder (historical)0.7 miles12
Tipton (historical)1.8 miles12
Pryse1.8 miles12
Texola1.8 miles12
Buck Creek (historical)2.3 miles12
Cow Creek (historical)2.6 miles12
Pitts2.7 miles12
Shade2.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 514011. 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.