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Saint Dennis, Kentucky

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It lies in ZIP code area 42039. The Survey maps it on the Fancy Farm quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Saint Dennis within Carlisle County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

25 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Saint Dennis (historical) between 1998 and 2020, burning about 168 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/undetermined12
Recreation and ceremony7
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
30 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 1999Smoking10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 1999Smoking4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
31 August 2007Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 August 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestry339 NORTH
7 March 2012Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryOUTLAW DE
7 March 2010Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carlisle County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Saint Dennis (historical): 1 occurrence. 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
S.S. Campbell Farm ProspectClayOccurrence

Every working recorded in Carlisle 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
Milburn4.7 miles9
Emmaus (historical)4.8 miles9
Sharon (historical)6.1 miles9
Kirbyton6.3 miles9
East Hopewell6.7 miles9
West Hopewell8.3 miles9
Zoar (historical)9.2 miles7
Arlington9.7 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743916. 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.