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The Hazel Patch, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the East Bernstadt census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40729. It stands on Patton Branch. The Survey maps it on the London quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

The Hazel Patch within Laurel County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

129 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 129 fires within 5 miles of The Hazel Patch (historical) between 1997 and 2019, burning about 2,695 acres in total. None started naturally. 31 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 burning51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Arson/incendiarism31
Recreation and ceremony13
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPEOPLE'S FIRE
14 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance146 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 September 1998Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 July 2000Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 July 2014Recreation and ceremony6.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHAZEL GREEN FIRE
4 June 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Laurel 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
Oakley0.2 miles15
Victory1.1 miles14
Green Mountain (historical)1.7 miles15
Atlanta2.4 miles15
Greenmount3.4 miles15
Symbol3.4 miles15
Mershons3.5 miles15
East Bernstadt3.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2723321. 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.