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Millseat, Kentucky

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Ashland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41101. It stands on Little Hood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ashland quadrangle.

Millseat within Boyd County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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

134 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Millseat between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,032 acres in total. None started naturally. 20 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 burning75
Arson/incendiarism20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Recreation and ceremony8
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Other causes3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
7 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distribution11 acresWayne National ForestWIND FIRE
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWayne National ForestIRONTON #1 FIRE
29 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWayne National ForestCABIN
4 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryREBEL ROAD
11 May 2007Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 April 2001Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 April 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWayne National ForestHOG

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boyd 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 Millseat: 3 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, 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
Armco Steel/ Ashland, Ky.IronUnknown
Ironton Plant Number 85ClayPast Producer
Jerrys Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Jerrys Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Boyd 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
Westwood0.5 miles22
Fairview0.9 miles22
West Fairview1.8 miles22
Ashland1.9 miles22
Winslow2.6 miles22
Ironville2.6 miles22
Geigers Crossing (historical)2.9 miles22
Summit3.9 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 498378. 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.