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Mountain Spring, 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 lies near Woodward Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Cobhill quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Mountain Spring 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

97 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Mountain Spring (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,138 acres in total. None started naturally. 17 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 burning44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Arson/incendiarism17
Recreation and ceremony11
Equipment and vehicle use3

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
2 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFITCHBURG RD
25 May 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 May 2009Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 May 2020Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMT PARAN
9 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 April 2013Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFURNACE JUNCTION ROAD
8 April 2008Recreation and ceremony25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 April 2001Arson/incendiarism30 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Estill 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 Mountain Spring (historical): 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Highway 52 RoadcutClayProspect

Every working 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
Watson (historical)1.5 miles12
Pilot1.6 miles12
Patsey1.8 miles12
Cobhill2.0 miles12
Sparks (historical)2.2 miles12
Furnace2.2 miles13
Fitchburg2.5 miles12
Tipton Ridge4.4 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2508709. 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.