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Rebelsville, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the West Menifee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40346. It stands on Hawkins Branch. The Survey maps it on the Means quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Rebelsville within Menifee 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

46 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Rebelsville (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 460 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/undetermined17
Debris and open burning13
Recreation and ceremony11
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
24 September 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 April 2010Debris and open burning50 acresKentucky Division of ForestryROTHWELL HILL
30 April 2001Arson/incendiarism15 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 April 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
14 April 2014Debris and open burning15 acresKentucky Division of ForestryDOG TROT
14 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 April 2013Recreation and ceremony3.5 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHWY 599

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Menifee 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
Means0.2 miles12
Coburn (historical)2.1 miles12
Hawkins Branch (historical)2.2 miles12
Peter Trace (historical)2.5 miles12
East Fork Slate (historical)3.1 miles12
Cornwell3.1 miles12
Ballard (historical)3.5 miles12
Fagan3.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2400802. 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.