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Sutton, Kentucky

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Millard census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41562. It stands on Greasy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Millard quadrangle.

Sutton within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 18 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

226 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 226 fires within 5 miles of Sutton between 1997 and 2020, burning about 14,023 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 51 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 burning78
Missing data/not specified/undetermined61
Arson/incendiarism51
Recreation and ceremony32
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMARION BRANCH
7 September 2007Recreation and ceremony90 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLOWER POMPEY
4 September 2008Recreation and ceremony25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2008Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 September 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySHELBY YARD
22 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 September 2007Natural2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike 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 Sutton: 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. 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
Highway 80 RoadcutClayProspect
Roadcut ShaleClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Pike 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
Justiceville0.3 miles18
Lower Greasy Creek (historical)0.5 miles18
Liberty (historical)0.5 miles18
Garden Village0.6 miles18
Axtell (historical)1.0 miles18
Levisa Junction1.1 miles18
Millard1.1 miles18
Nelse1.2 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 504818. 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.