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Perry Bend, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Grassy Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41472. It stands on Shoals Branch. The Survey maps it on the West Liberty quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Perry Bend within Morgan County

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

58 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Perry Bend (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 480 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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 burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Arson/incendiarism12
Recreation and ceremony6
Natural1

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
19 September 2008Debris and open burning30 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 August 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 July 2012Naturalunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryUPPER LONG
5 May 2001Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryGREASY CREEK
7 April 2000Arson/incendiarism50 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 April 2009Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
27 April 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryGLEN LAWSON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Perry Bend (historical): 2 prospects. 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
Barnett ShaleClayProspect
Zag ShaleClayProspect

Every working recorded in Morgan 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
Dehart0.9 miles14
Twentysix1.1 miles14
Fannin (historical)1.6 miles14
Licking River2.3 miles14
Yocum2.3 miles14
Zag2.6 miles14
Kellacey2.6 miles14
Woodsbend2.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2362586. 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.