Slavans, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Co-operative census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42647. It stands on Corder Creek. The Survey maps it on the Coopersville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1932 USGS Burnside quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Coopersville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
68 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Slavans between 1995 and 2019, burning about 5,498 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 34 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | MOUNTAIN VIEW |
| 21 August 1999 | Natural | 75 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 May 2001 | Debris and open burning | 341 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | SIXTY EIGHT |
| 5 April 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | FORTY COFFEY |
| 4 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Slavans: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitley Clay Bed | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Yamacraw Sandstone Roadcut | Silica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Slavans in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slavans | - | A tree was reported down along Hwy-92 West near the Wayne/McCreary county line. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slavans | - | Six to eight inch diameter tree limbs were blown down north of Hwy 92, one mile east of the Wayne and McCreary county line. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slavans | - | Pine trees were snapped in half. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Co-Operative | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| White Oak Junction | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Oz | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Fidelity | 6.9 miles | 9 | |
| Big South Fork (historical) | 6.9 miles | 9 | |
| Yamacraw | 7.2 miles | 9 | |
| Hill Top | 7.3 miles | 9 | |
| Worley | 7.9 miles | 9 |
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 Q122544410 | 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 515480. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.




