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Tipton Ridge, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Ravenna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40472. It stands on Rogers Fork. The Survey maps it on the Irvine quadrangle.

Tipton Ridge within Estill County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

119 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Tipton Ridge between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,090 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning46
Arson/incendiarism28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Recreation and ceremony13
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking1
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
4 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreDaniel Boone National ForestCHESTNUT STAND
2 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFITCHBURG RD
1 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestHALE RIDGE #1
25 May 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 April 2013Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFURNACE JUNCTION ROAD
7 April 2013Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryOIL WELL
7 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined225 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySWEET LICK ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Estill 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 Tipton Ridge: 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Highway 52 RoadcutClayProspect
Tipton Ridge QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Estill 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
Pitts0.2 miles12
Fitchburg2.1 miles12
Tipton (historical)2.4 miles12
Cow Creek (historical)2.5 miles12
Cobhill2.8 miles12
Millers Creek2.8 miles12
Watson (historical)3.0 miles12
Wilder (historical)3.5 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 516672. 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.