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Needmore, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Fredonia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42445. It lies near Stillhouse Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Olney quadrangle. It stands 607 feet above sea level.

Needmore within Caldwell 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

13 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Needmore between 1998 and 2017, burning about 49 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1

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
24 September 2008Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 August 2012Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCAMBELL
18 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 April 1998Debris and open burning12 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 April 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCALSSEN
17 March 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 February 2016Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryDONALDSON CREEK
26 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Caldwell 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 Needmore: 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Tungsten. 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
Hobby Titanium DepositTitaniumOccurrence
Hobby Tungsten DepositTungstenProspect

Every working recorded in Caldwell 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
Briarfield-Union Grove (historical)2.0 miles15
Rufus2.2 miles15
Briarfield (historical)2.5 miles15
Fryer3.1 miles13
Harper Ford3.2 miles13
Farmersville3.5 miles15
Bethany (historical)3.9 miles15
Creswell4.8 miles14

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 NeedmoreAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14691034The 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 508682. 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.