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Quinton, Kentucky

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Burnside census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42518. It lies near Possum Knob. The Survey maps it on the Frazer quadrangle.

Quinton within Pulaski County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

49 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Quinton between 1992 and 2017, burning about 1,396 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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 burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism13
Recreation and ceremony7
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
23 June 2008Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 June 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 April 2000Arson/incendiarism25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 April 2010Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 April 1999Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 April 2009Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 April 2009Debris and open burning8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
14 April 1995Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestRAILROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski 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 Quinton: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Tateville MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Pulaski County

Storms near this place

4 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Quinton in 4 storm reports between 2019 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2022Thunderstorm WindQuinton-Multiple trees were downed along Lakeview Ave near Quinton, Kentucky.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindQuinton-A tree was reported down south of the Tateville community.
April 2021HailQuinton-An individual reported hail up to 1 inch in diameter approximately 2 miles southeast of Quinton.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindQuinton-A citizen reported branches and trees blown down by thunderstorm winds.

Every storm recorded in Pulaski 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
Bronston2.3 miles12
Tateville2.5 miles12
Burnside2.9 miles12
Cedar Grove4.6 miles11
Sloans Valley4.9 miles12
Keno4.9 miles12
Shafter5.4 miles10
Waite (historical)5.5 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 514812. 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.