Tarkiln, Kentucky

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Blaine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41124. It stands on Tarkiln Branch. The Survey maps it on the Sitka quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Tarkiln within Lawrence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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.

1886 USGS Prestonsburg quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Prestonsburg quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1915 USGS Paintsville quadrangle1:48000
1917 USGS Paintsville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1954 USGS Sitka quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Sitka quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1982 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:100000
1992 USGS Sitka quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

85 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Tarkiln (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,058 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 28 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	28
Debris and open burning	22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	16
Recreation and ceremony	12
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Natural	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
9 September 2010	Recreation and ceremony	4.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	ROSS CREEK
8 September 2007	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
3 September 2008	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
4 May 2014	Debris and open burning	25 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	SCHOOL HOUSE BRANCH
9 April 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Kentucky Division of Forestry	PATRICK BR
9 April 2009	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
9 April 2009	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
9 April 2001	Arson/incendiarism	50 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Blaine	2.0 miles	15
Davisville	2.0 miles	17
Cordell	2.4 miles	15
Wilbur	2.9 miles	17
Hannah	3.8 miles	15
Martha	4.1 miles	14
Prosperity (historical)	4.8 miles	15
Elm Grove (historical)	4.9 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2337451. 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.