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Montgomery, Kentucky

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Emmalena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41740. It stands on Sylvester Branch. The Survey maps it on the Carrie quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Montgomery within Knott County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

311 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 311 fires within 5 miles of Montgomery (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 13,401 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 58 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 burning155
Missing data/not specified/undetermined65
Arson/incendiarism58
Recreation and ceremony27
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural1
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
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 September 2007Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 September 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMONTGOMERY BR.
1 September 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Knott 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 Montgomery (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Ogden Branch StoneStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Knott 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
Tina0.2 miles16
Odgen Gap1.4 miles16
Carrie2.1 miles16
Hindman2.5 miles16
Vest2.6 miles17
Bearville2.8 miles16
Leburn3.4 miles16
Emmalena3.5 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2120790. 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.