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Queens, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Tollesboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41179. It stands on Martin Fork. The Survey maps it on the Concord quadrangle.

Queens within Lewis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

16 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Queens between 1997 and 2014, burning about 869 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony3

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
30 August 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 May 2000Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 April 2001Arson/incendiarism100 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
1 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 March 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 March 2014Recreation and ceremony6.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryOSMAN FARM
24 March 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined62 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis 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 Queens: 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
Fairview Roadcut Clay BedClayProspect

Every working recorded in Lewis County

Storms near this place

1 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Queens in 1 storm report in 2000: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
November 2000Thunderstorm WindQueens$5,000Trees and power lines downed.

Every storm recorded in Lewis 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
Carrs1.9 miles15
Charters4.2 miles13
Herron Hill4.3 miles13
Concord4.6 miles15
Covedale4.7 miles14
Clarksburg5.1 miles14
Poplar Flat5.2 miles11
Ribolt5.9 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508889. 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.