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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.

Slavans within McCreary County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

68 since 1995

Regional 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/incendiarism34
Debris and open burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2
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
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism15 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestMOUNTAIN VIEW
21 August 1999Natural75 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 May 2001Debris and open burning341 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 April 2004Arson/incendiarism20 acresDaniel Boone National ForestSIXTY EIGHT
5 April 2009Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestFORTY COFFEY
4 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McCreary 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Whitley Clay BedClayProspect
Yamacraw Sandstone RoadcutSilicaProspect

Every working recorded in McCreary County

Storms near this place

3 since 2003

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2021Thunderstorm WindSlavans-A tree was reported down along Hwy-92 West near the Wayne/McCreary county line.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindSlavans-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 2003Thunderstorm WindSlavans-Pine trees were snapped in half.

Every storm recorded in McCreary 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
Co-Operative5.2 miles9
White Oak Junction5.2 miles9
Oz6.1 miles9
Fidelity6.9 miles9
Big South Fork (historical)6.9 miles9
Yamacraw7.2 miles9
Hill Top7.3 miles9
Worley7.9 miles9

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 Q122544410The 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.