BlockRed Ash Coal Camp, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Saxton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40769. It lies near Proctor Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Jellico West quadrangle. It stands 1,063 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1890 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1894 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Jellico West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Jellico West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
116 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Red Ash Coal Camp (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,129 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 56 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 56 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | FUSTON |
| 29 June 2005 | Other causes | under an acre | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | LITTLE PINKIE |
| 9 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | BIG PINKIE |
| 8 April 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | HWY 297 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Ash | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Fairview | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Ayers | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Saxton | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Lot | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Mountain Ash | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Shelly Knob Camp (historical) | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Pleasant View | 5.8 miles | 15 |
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 Red Ash Coal Camp (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7303668 | The 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 2710205. 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.