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Omega, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Somerset census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42501. It stands on Lick Branch. The Survey maps it on the Burnside quadrangle.

Omega within Pulaski County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

74 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Omega between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,703 acres in total. None started naturally. 30 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
Arson/incendiarism30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Debris and open burning16
Recreation and ceremony6
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
26 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestOLE HIGHWAY 27
30 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestBUCK KNOB FIRE II
3 June 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestJEEP
27 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresKentucky Division of ForestryJERU KNOB
18 June 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 May 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestPOWER LINE
3 May 2018Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestCURT POND
11 May 2000Railroad operations and maintenance43 acresDaniel Boone National ForestBUCK KNOB WEST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski 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 Omega: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Tateville MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Pulaski 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
Hargis1.3 miles17
Sloans Valley1.9 miles12
Alpine2.0 miles12
Blue John2.0 miles17
Northfield3.7 miles11
Hail3.8 miles17
Tateville4.0 miles12
Meece5.3 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 514355. 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.