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Red Bush, Kentucky

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Owingsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40360. It stands on Claver Branch. The Survey maps it on the Colfax quadrangle. It stands 814 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.

Red Bush within Bath County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

34 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Red Bush (historical) between 1999 and 2018, burning about 163 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony8
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1

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
3 April 2013Debris and open burning3.5 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCOLFAX RD
12 April 2018Debris and open burning4.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLITTLE SANDY RD.
11 April 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 April 2010Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
1 April 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryADAMS RD FIRE
1 April 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryPEASTICKS
28 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bath County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Red Bush (historical): 5 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Clover Creek Iron TractIronProspect
Horton-North Iron TractIronProspect
Horton-South Iron TractIronProspect
Indian Creek Iron TrackIronProspect
Rose Run Iron TractIronProspect

Every working recorded in Bath 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
Peasticks2.1 miles10
Whickliffe Forge (historical)2.3 miles10
Slate Valley2.3 miles10
Wyoming2.6 miles10
Ore Mines (historical)3.1 miles10
Shrout (historical)3.3 miles10
Polksville3.5 miles10
White Oak4.9 miles9

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 Bush (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7303829The 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 2416488. 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.