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Rexton, Kentucky

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Garrison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41141. It stands on Willis Branch. The Survey maps it on the Brushart quadrangle.

Rexton within Lewis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

114 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Rexton between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,699 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 19 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 burning59
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Arson/incendiarism19
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 September 2007Debris and open burning55 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 September 2007Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 September 2002Debris and open burning7.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 September 2002Debris and open burning40 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Rexton: 3 past producers. 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
Horner Clay MineClayPast Producer
Horner MineClayPast Producer
Strickland Tract MineClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lewis 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
Upper Bruce (historical)3.5 miles14
Garrison3.7 miles14
Quincy3.8 miles14
Tannery5.2 miles14
Rugless7.2 miles8
Saint Paul7.3 miles14
Buena Vista7.7 miles14
Firebrick9.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508925. 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.