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Primrose, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the St. Helens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41311. It stands on Log Shoal Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tallega quadrangle. It stands 902 feet above sea level.

Primrose within Lee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

165 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 165 fires within 5 miles of Primrose between 1995 and 2020, burning about 1,728 acres in total. None started naturally. 33 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 burning72
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Arson/incendiarism33
Recreation and ceremony20
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2019Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBRUSH CREEK ROAD
13 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 September 1998Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
27 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryHWY 52 EAS
24 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lee 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 Primrose: 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
Mud Tunnel ShaleClayProspect

Every working recorded in Lee County

Storms near this place

12 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Primrose in 12 storm reports between 1996 and 2015: 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2008Thunderstorm WindPrimrose$20,000A large tree was blown down onto a tractor crushing it. Numerous large limbs and a couple of other large trees were also blown down.
February 1998Thunderstorm WindPrimrose$20,000Trees were downed, and a barn was destroyed.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindPrimrose$5,000Two trees and a few large limbs down. Old shed blown down.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindPrimrose$2,000Two trees were blown down on Route 2017.
April 2015Flash FloodPrimrose$1,000Blankey Branch Rd was flooded.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindPrimrose$1,000Three wrist sized limbs were blown down on Highway 52 near the intersection of Hwys 708 and 2017.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindPrimrose-Trees were blown down along Hwy 52.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindPrimrose-Two trees were blown down and across a road in Primrose.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindPrimrose-A tree was blown down and across Hwy 2017.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindPrimrose-Several trees were down off of Abner Flat Road.
June 2013HailPrimrose-no account filed
August 1996HailPrimrose-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lee 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
Monica1.3 miles12
Airedale1.6 miles13
Vada1.7 miles12
Canyon Falls2.4 miles12
Saint Helens2.4 miles13
Williba2.5 miles12
Tallega3.1 miles12
Fillmore3.1 miles12

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 PrimroseAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7243657The 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 508876. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.