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Miracle, Kentucky

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Waynesburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40484. The Survey maps it on the Halls Gap quadrangle. It stands 1,109 feet above sea level.

Miracle within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

33 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Miracle between 1998 and 2020, burning about 341 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 2010Debris and open burning20 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLANDFILL
23 September 2019Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHAZZLETT HOLLOW
22 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 September 2020Debris and open burning40 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPETTIT
2 September 1998Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 September 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCARPENTER HOLLOW
29 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryHOLE IN TH
5 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln 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 Miracle: 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Eastside Roadcut Clay BedFire Clay (Refractory)Prospect
Roadcut Clay BedFire Clay (Refractory)Prospect
Westside Roadcut Clay BedFire Clay (Refractory)Prospect

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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
Jumbo0.7 miles8
Blue Lick2.1 miles8
Halls Gap2.6 miles8
Boneyville2.7 miles13
Yocum (historical)3.0 miles8
Highland3.1 miles8
West Lynn (historical)3.2 miles13
Turnersville3.4 miles8

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 MiracleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6872359The 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 508618. 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.