Renfro Valley, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Conway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40456. It stands on Little Renfro Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wildie quadrangle. It stands 951 feet above sea level.
On record in Renfro Valley
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Bennett Hiatt Log Houselisted 1984
John Lair House and Stableslisted 1995
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1893 USGS London quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS London quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Wildie quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Wildie quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
2 photographs, 2020Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
133 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Renfro Valley between 1994 and 2019, burning about 2,967 acres in total. None started naturally. 40 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 burning | 51 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WHIPPER-O-WILL LANE |
| 17 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 July 1999 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Renfro Valley: 1 producer, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockcastle-Garrard Shale Exposure | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Mount Vernon Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mullins Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Vernon | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Hummel | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Wildie | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Burr | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Orlando | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Roundstone | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Maretburg | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Flat Rock | 3.7 miles | 16 |
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 Renfro Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7313191 | 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 514889. 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.






