Old Linwood, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hammonville census division. It lies near Grindstone Knob. The Survey maps it on the Canmer quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1934 USGS Munfordville quadrangle1:48000
- 1937 USGS Munfordville quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Canmer quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Old Linwood (historical) between 2005 and 2011, burning about 91 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/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 31 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 March 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linwood | 0.5 miles | 12 | |
| Rio | 1.0 miles | 12 | |
| Glen Lily | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Powder Mill | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Canmer | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Hinesdale | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Pike View | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Jonesville | 3.8 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2742510. 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.





