Paragon, Kentucky

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Morehead census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40351. It lies near Poppin Hill. The Survey maps it on the Bangor quadrangle.

Paragon within Rowan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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.

1929 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:48000
1935 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS Bangor quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
1979 USGS Bangor quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

50 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Paragon between 1995 and 2020, burning about 366 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 7 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 burning	16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12
Recreation and ceremony	11
Arson/incendiarism	7
Natural	3
Equipment and vehicle use	1

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
6 July 2020	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Daniel Boone National Forest	PARAGON CAMPGROUND FIRE
3 July 2012	Natural	7.0 acres	Daniel Boone National Forest	COMBS
3 July 2012	Natural	6.0 acres	Daniel Boone National Forest	YOCUM
17 July 1995	Natural	15 acres	Daniel Boone National Forest	LITTLE PEA
15 May 2013	Recreation and ceremony	5.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	RYAN ROAD
9 April 2005	Recreation and ceremony	4.0 acres	Daniel Boone National Forest	ELM LOG
7 April 2002	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
5 April 1999	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rowan County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Paragon: 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
D Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Barnett Shale	Clay	Prospect
Zag Shale	Clay	Prospect

Every working recorded in Rowan 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Bangor	2.1 miles	11
Mount Hope (historical)	2.4 miles	11
Craney	2.7 miles	11
Lick Fork	3.4 miles	11
Cogswell	6.4 miles	11
Hamim	7.1 miles	10
Clearfield	8.0 miles	11
Brady	8.8 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 514431. 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.