Mullins Point, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Campton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41301. It stands on Mullins Point. The Survey maps it on the Campton quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Mullins Point within Wolfe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

1892 USGS Beattyville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1952 USGS Campton quadrangle1:24000
1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Campton quadrangle1:24000
1972 USGS Campton quadrangle1:24000
1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

133 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Mullins Point (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 868 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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 burning	49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	38
Recreation and ceremony	27
Arson/incendiarism	15
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
8 September 1998	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
2 September 2019	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	BUFFALO TRAIL
18 September 2015	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	CAVE BRANCH ROAD
16 September 2019	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	MULLINS POINT
16 September 2016	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	GRIFFEN BRANCH
14 September 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
11 September 2002	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
18 August 1999	Arson/incendiarism	12 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wolfe 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
Grannie	1.2 miles	12
Vortex	1.8 miles	12
Mary	2.2 miles	12
Antioch (historical)	2.2 miles	12
High Falls	2.8 miles	12
Campton	2.9 miles	12
Nelson (historical)	3.3 miles	12
Booth	3.8 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2364812. 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.