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Rye, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1982. It lies in ZIP code area 41301. It stands on Little Bloody Creek. The Survey maps it on the Campton quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Rye within Wolfe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

113 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Rye (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,428 acres in total. None started naturally. 20 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 burning46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Arson/incendiarism20
Recreation and ceremony19
Equipment and vehicle use1
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 2007Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2019Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBRUSH CREEK ROAD
22 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 September 2015Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCAVE BRANCH ROAD
16 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMULLINS POINT
18 August 1999Arson/incendiarism12 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 June 2012Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMULLINS PO
28 June 2012Debris and open burning7.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCAVE BRANC

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wolfe 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
Bethany1.9 miles13
Pence1.9 miles13
Antioch (historical)2.2 miles12
Mary2.3 miles12
Hollonville2.8 miles13
Baileyfield (historical)3.6 miles13
Vortex3.9 miles12
Mullins Point (historical)4.4 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2364836. 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.