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Pine Mountain, Kentucky

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Pine Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40810. It lies near Rebels Rock. The Survey maps it on the Nolansburg quadrangle. It stands 1,745 feet above sea level.

Pine Mountain within Harlan County

On record in Pine Mountain

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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.

Photographs

4 photographs, 1940

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Pine Mountain settlement school near Harlan, Kentucky
Pine Mountain settlement school near Harlan, Kentucky
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1940. Library of Congress
Meeting and picnic lunch at Pine Mountain settlement school near Harlan, Kentucky
Meeting and picnic lunch at Pine Mountain settlement school near Harlan, Kentucky
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1940. Library of Congress
Pine Mountain settlement school near Harlan, Kentucky
Pine Mountain settlement school near Harlan, Kentucky
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1940. Library of Congress
Pine Mountain settlement school near Harlan, Kentucky
Pine Mountain settlement school near Harlan, Kentucky
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1940. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

107 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Pine Mountain between 1997 and 2020, burning about 14,527 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 28 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 burning41
Arson/incendiarism28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
15 September 2019Arson/incendiarism20 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLOBSTER BRANCH
15 September 1999Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 August 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 June 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
20 June 1999Arson/incendiarism66 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 May 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 May 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined136 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 May 2018Debris and open burning45 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHWY 510

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harlan 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 Pine Mountain: 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese. 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
Jones and Mcmahon ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Raines MineManganeseProspect

Every working recorded in Harlan 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
Divide1.8 miles23
Nolansburg1.9 miles23
Laden2.3 miles23
Big Laurel2.8 miles23
Dillon3.1 miles23
Totz3.4 miles23
Arthur3.4 miles23
Putney3.8 miles23

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Pine MountainAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7195272The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 514594. 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.