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Rosspoint, Kentucky

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Harlan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40806. It stands on Yearley Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bledsoe quadrangle. It stands 1,220 feet above sea level.

Rosspoint within Harlan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 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

157 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 157 fires within 5 miles of Rosspoint between 1997 and 2019, burning about 10,602 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 30 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 burning51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined49
Arson/incendiarism30
Recreation and ceremony19
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Natural1

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
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 September 2007Debris and open burning8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 September 1999Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 July 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 July 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
27 June 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryKILDAV FIR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harlan 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 Rosspoint: 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica. 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
Harlan MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pine Mountain Sandstone OutcropSilicaProspect

Every working recorded in Harlan County

Storms near this place

7 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rosspoint in 7 storm reports between 2003 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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
January 2008Thunderstorm WindRosspoint$10,000Approximately 10 trees were blown down and blocking roads. This damage was caused by wind gusts estimated at 62 mph.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindRosspoint$1,000HAM operator reported a downed tree on KY-413 which lead to a power outage in the Rosspoint area of Baxter.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindRosspoint$1,000One tree was blown down on KY Highway 522.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindRosspoint-A tree fell on a car on Hwy 522. Numerous other trees were also blown down in the area.
August 2003HailRosspoint-Golf ball size hail was reported on WYMT TV news.
August 2003HailRosspoint-no account filed
August 2003HailRosspoint-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Harlan 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
Gatun0.9 miles25
Blackjoe1.5 miles25
Golden Ash1.5 miles25
Kitts1.8 miles25
Coxton2.0 miles25
Rex2.2 miles25
Rhea2.2 miles25
Harlan Gas2.3 miles25

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 RosspointAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7369921The 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 515120. 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.