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Rock Spring, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Princeton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42445. It stands on Goose Creek. The Survey maps it on the Princeton West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Rock Spring within Caldwell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

14 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Rock Spring (historical) between 1997 and 2012, burning about 63 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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/undetermined4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Debris and open burning1

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 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 September 1999Smoking40 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
20 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 September 2002Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 August 1997Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 August 1997Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 July 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryBOTTLE RO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Caldwell 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 Rock Spring (historical): 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica, Cobalt, Manganese, Nickel, 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
Jesse Redd ProspectCobalt, Manganese, Nickel, IronOccurrence1904
Phelps Sandstone PitSilicaPast Producer
Princeton MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Princeton No. 2 MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Princeton Sandstone PitSilicaProspect

Every working recorded in Caldwell 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
McGowan1.9 miles16
Cedar Bluff2.7 miles16
Scottsburg3.4 miles16
Princeton3.4 miles15
Otter Pond3.7 miles16
Lebanon (historical)4.6 miles16
Crowtown4.8 miles15
Pumpkin Center4.8 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743606. 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.