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Nelson, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Malaga census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41301. It stands on Prophet Branch. 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.

Nelson 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.

Fires near this place

154 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Nelson (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,129 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 burning60
Missing data/not specified/undetermined44
Recreation and ceremony31
Arson/incendiarism15
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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
8 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 September 2007Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBUFFALO TRAIL
18 September 2015Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCAVE BRANCH ROAD
16 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMULLINS POINT
14 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 September 2002Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 August 1999Arson/incendiarism12 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wolfe 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 Nelson (historical): 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica. 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
Stillwater Sandstone ExposureSilicaProspect

Every working 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Chamber Fork (historical)1.4 miles13
Vortex1.7 miles12
Baptist1.7 miles13
Campton2.6 miles12
Landsaw3.0 miles13
Stillwater3.0 miles14
Rosedale (historical)3.1 miles13
Baileyfield (historical)3.2 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2364816. 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.