BlockSandy Furnace, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Cannonsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41168. The Survey maps it on the Webbville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1903 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1904 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Webbville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
77 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Sandy Furnace between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,554 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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 burning | 28 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 70 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MARY BRANCH |
| 8 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LOST CREEK/ SR 773 FIRE |
| 5 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 April 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sandy Furnace: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolt's Fork Deposit | Iron | Prospect |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boltsfork | 3.1 miles | 21 | |
| Cloverdale (historical) | 3.3 miles | 21 | |
| Garner | 3.4 miles | 21 | |
| Big Sandy (historical) | 5.5 miles | 21 | |
| Trace (historical) | 5.7 miles | 21 | |
| Rush | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Mavity | 7.3 miles | 21 | |
| Coalton | 8.5 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122542628 | The 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 509011. 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.