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Scuffletown, Kentucky

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Corbin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40701. It stands on Bingham Branch. The Survey maps it on the Vox quadrangle.

Scuffletown within Whitley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

94 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Scuffletown between 1994 and 2019, burning about 868 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 22 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 burning39
Arson/incendiarism22
Recreation and ceremony20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2007Debris and open burning50 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 September 2007Recreation and ceremony20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 September 2007Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
27 August 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestBEGLEY
19 August 2008Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresDaniel Boone National Forest3 SISTERS
18 August 2008Natural160 acresDaniel Boone National ForestSPRUCE
13 August 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestLAUREL BRIDGE
3 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySAWDUST PI

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Whitley 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 Scuffletown: 1 producer, 1 plant. All of them still produce. 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
No. 1 MillClayPlant
No. 1 MineClayProducer

Every working recorded in Whitley 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
Corbin2.0 miles17
Chestnut Grove (historical)2.8 miles16
Woodbine3.0 miles17
Woodland Estates3.4 miles16
Faber4.2 miles16
Grove5.0 miles16
Walden6.4 miles16
Rockholds7.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2710244. 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.