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Republic, Kentucky

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Elkhorn City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41522. It stands on Isham Fork. The Survey maps it on the Elkhorn City quadrangle.

Republic within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 20 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

171 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 171 fires within 5 miles of Republic between 1997 and 2020, burning about 13,522 acres in total. None started naturally. 38 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/undetermined53
Debris and open burning53
Arson/incendiarism38
Recreation and ceremony26
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
3 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHONEY FORK
28 September 2020Debris and open burning9.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryROUTE 80
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined206 acresKentucky Division of ForestryGRAPEVINE
19 September 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryJOHN MOORES BRANCH
26 August 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 July 2007Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
1 May 2001Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined210 acresKentucky Division of ForestryDUNLEARY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Republic: 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Highway 80 RoadcutClayProspect
Roadcut ShaleClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Pike County

Storms near this place

3 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Republic in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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
July 2010Flash FloodRepublic$5,000At least a foot of water was estimated to have been flowing across portions of Abner Fork of Ferrels Creek, removing the pavement from portions of the roadway. Water also was reported to have flooded a couple of basements.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindRepublic$2,500A thunderstorm wind gust resulted in multiple trees down across Abner Fork Road near the community of Belcher in Pike County. One tree fell across the road and onto a porch, causing some minor gutter damage.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindRepublic-A tree was blown down and across Wolfpit Branch Rd.

Every storm recorded in Pike 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
Road Junction1.7 miles19
Ferrell (historical)1.8 miles20
Honey Fork1.8 miles20
Belcher2.2 miles20
Marrowbone2.7 miles19
Draffin2.8 miles19
Woodside2.9 miles19
Wolfpit3.5 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508923. 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.