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Poplar Highlands, Kentucky

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Wurtland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41169. It stands on Chinns Branch. The Survey maps it on the Greenup quadrangle.

Poplar Highlands within Greenup County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

218 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 218 fires within 5 miles of Poplar Highlands between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,992 acres in total. None started naturally. 46 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 burning84
Missing data/not specified/undetermined47
Arson/incendiarism46
Recreation and ceremony14
Equipment and vehicle use11
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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 2007Power generation/transmission/distribution11 acresWayne National ForestWIND FIRE
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWayne National ForestJANIE FIRE
28 September 1998Arson/incendiarism10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 September 1998Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
20 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWayne National ForestHANGING ROCK SPUR A
10 September 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution250 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources11905
1 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresWayne National ForestSNAP 2 FIRE
24 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined45 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenup County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Poplar Highlands: 3 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Haverhill Plant & DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Bush-Corn MineClayPast Producer
Hoods Run MineClayPast Producer
Smith MineClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Greenup 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
Raceland Junction0.5 miles18
Wurtland1.3 miles18
Melrose1.4 miles17
Raceland1.4 miles17
Worthington1.6 miles17
West Russell2.4 miles17
Flatwoods2.5 miles17
Russell Heights2.7 miles17

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.

Wikidata item Q122565790The 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 501117. 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.