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Rock Springs, Kentucky

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Augusta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41043. It stands on Chalfant Creek. The Survey maps it on the Felicity quadrangle.

Rock Springs within Bracken County

On record in Rock Springs

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 within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

1 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Rock Springs in 2004, burning about 10 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/undetermined1

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
29 February 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bracken 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 Rock Springs: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Cedron StoneSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Howerton GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Bracken 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
Wellsburg0.7 miles11
Woolcott2.4 miles8
Gertrude2.8 miles8
Bradford3.1 miles13
Johnsville3.1 miles13
Bladeston3.2 miles8
Cumminsville3.5 miles8
Willow Grove4.5 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508955. 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.