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Siloam, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Greenup census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41175. It stands on Siloam Branch. The Survey maps it on the Portsmouth quadrangle.

Siloam within Greenup County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

135 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Siloam between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,665 acres in total. None started naturally. 17 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 burning64
Missing data/not specified/undetermined40
Arson/incendiarism17
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1
Fireworks1
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 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources5485
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1821
4 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources8765
24 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 September 2018Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources13285
20 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresOhio Department of Natural ResourcesPORTSMOUTH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenup County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Siloam: 4 producers, 3 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cyclops Corp/ New Boston, OhioIronProducer
Sciotoville ClayIron, Aluminum, Silica, TitaniumOccurrence1861
Greenup MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Own Crews QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
River Creek Clay BedClayProspect
South Shore Clay BedClayProspect
Blair QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cunningham PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Cunningham PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Frankfort Mtls. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Greenup 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
Frost1.8 miles15
Limeville2.0 miles15
Sunshine3.4 miles15
South Shore3.5 miles15
Maloneton3.7 miles15
Edgington3.9 miles15
Fullerton4.7 miles15
Walsh5.3 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509058. 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.