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Moutardier, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Leitchfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42754. The Survey maps it on the Nolin Lake quadrangle. It stands 715 feet above sea level.

Moutardier within Grayson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

26 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Moutardier between 1999 and 2020, burning about 1,006 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony7
Arson/incendiarism5
Debris and open burning3

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 1999Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 April 2013Recreation and ceremony7.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCRE FIRE
24 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryINDIAN CLIFF
21 April 2020Arson/incendiarism25 acresKentucky Division of ForestryKIDWELL FIRE
14 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 April 2014Recreation and ceremony40 acresKentucky Division of ForestryJOCK ROAD
11 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPEACE ROAD
10 April 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryTARARD RD.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grayson County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Moutardier: 3 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Clay, Coal, Coal, Fire Clay (Refractory), Rock Asphalt, 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
Bee Spring QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dismal Creek Eastwall Clay PitClay, CoalProspect
Dismal Creek QuarryFire Clay (Refractory), Rock Asphalt, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dismal Creek West Clay PitCoal, ClayProspect
Irving QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducer
Johnson Mine Clay PitClayProspect

Every working recorded in Grayson 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
Anneta2.5 miles15
Ponderosa2.8 miles15
Conoloway2.8 miles15
Linwood3.8 miles15
Huffman4.1 miles12
Meredith4.7 miles12
Nolin Lake Estates4.7 miles15
Sadler4.8 miles13

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 MoutardierAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14690993The 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 508653. 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.