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Orange Grove, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Crofton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42464. It lies near Red Hill. The Survey maps it on the Crofton quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Orange Grove within Christian 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

22 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Orange Grove (historical) between 1999 and 2020, burning about 1,115 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
6 September 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCAN FIRE
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined53 acresKentucky Division of ForestryOIL
22 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined16 acresKentucky Division of ForestryRED HILL
16 September 1999Arson/incendiarism15 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 June 2012Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryROADSIDE F
15 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 March 2001Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Christian 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
Apex2.4 miles14
Number Five (historical)2.6 miles13
Rockbridge (historical)3.3 miles14
Grapevine (historical)3.7 miles12
Haleys Mill4.5 miles14
Greshem Chapel (historical)4.8 miles14
East Macedonia (historical)5.2 miles12
Mannington5.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2742900. 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.