Mooretown, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Morgantown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42261. It stands on Welch Creek. The Survey maps it on the Morgantown quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Mooretown within Butler County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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.

1914 USGS Little Muddy quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Morgantown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1973 USGS Morgantown quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

14 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Mooretown (historical) between 2000 and 2007, burning about 255 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6
Recreation and ceremony	2
Arson/incendiarism	2
Debris and open burning	2
Smoking	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
12 August 2002	Smoking	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
16 April 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
9 March 2007	Recreation and ceremony	75 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
9 March 2007	Recreation and ceremony	30 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
9 March 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
8 March 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
7 March 2001	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
6 March 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butler County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Mooretown (historical): 1 plant, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Gary Bros. No. 2 Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Plant
	Green River Shale	Clay	Prospect

Every working recorded in Butler 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Cools Spring (historical)	1.1 miles	14
Morgantown	1.9 miles	14
Woodbury	2.0 miles	14
Long Branch (historical)	2.6 miles	14
Youngtown	3.5 miles	14
Aberdeen	3.5 miles	12
Martins Store (historical)	4.2 miles	14
Monford	4.4 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2742342. 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.