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Sparks, Kentucky

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the McKee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40447. It lies near Neil Hollow. The Survey maps it on the McKee quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Sparks within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

206 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 206 fires within 5 miles of Sparks (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,555 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 114 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/incendiarism114
Debris and open burning43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Recreation and ceremony16
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestGRENADE
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestLOWER DRY FORK
2 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreDaniel Boone National Forest448
2 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreDaniel Boone National Forest290
2 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestCARLTON ROAD #2
17 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
1 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestSTEER FORK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sparks (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Clover Bottom UndergroundStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Jackson 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
Macedonia0.3 miles13
Bradshaw2.1 miles13
Smith (historical)2.5 miles13
Turkey Foot2.5 miles13
McKee2.6 miles13
Huff (historical)3.5 miles13
Lakes3.6 miles13
New Zion3.7 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2504966. 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.