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Panhandle, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Jackson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41339. It stands on Cripple Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jackson quadrangle.

Panhandle within Breathitt County

On record in Panhandle

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 6 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

230 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 230 fires within 5 miles of Panhandle between 1997 and 2020, burning about 13,198 acres in total. None started naturally. 40 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 burning107
Missing data/not specified/undetermined63
Arson/incendiarism40
Recreation and ceremony17
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
7 September 2007Debris and open burning7.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 September 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 September 2007Debris and open burning4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 September 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
14 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
14 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Breathitt 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 Panhandle: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Hillside RoadcutClayProspect

Every working recorded in Breathitt 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
Jackson0.2 miles14
Wolverine2.1 miles14
Elkatawa2.3 miles14
Noctor2.5 miles14
Quicksand2.8 miles14
Fivemile2.9 miles14
Frozen Creek3.1 miles14
Keck3.5 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508773. 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.