Thomson, Kentucky

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Winchester census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40391. It lies near Sugar Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Sideview quadrangle.

Thomson within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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.

1952 USGS Sideview quadrangle1:24000
1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Sideview quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

7 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Thomson between 2002 and 2018, burning about 14 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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
Recreation and ceremony	3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Equipment and vehicle use	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
4 September 2002	Recreation and ceremony	5.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
25 September 2007	Recreation and ceremony	3.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
12 April 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	4.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	KIDDVILLE
26 February 2012	Recreation and ceremony	1.5 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	CENTER LAN
27 November 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
25 November 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
13 November 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark 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 Thomson: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Zag Mine	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

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
Hedges	1.4 miles	15
Schollsville	1.4 miles	15
Fort Barker (historical)	1.7 miles	7
Sewell Shop	1.7 miles	7
L and E Junction	2.2 miles	7
Centerville (historical)	2.5 miles	7
Pilot View	3.3 miles	15
Kiddville	3.6 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509205. 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.