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Tremont, Kentucky

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Harlan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40873. It stands on Watts Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wallins Creek quadrangle.

Tremont within Harlan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

160 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 160 fires within 5 miles of Tremont between 1997 and 2020, burning about 10,876 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 24 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 burning70
Missing data/not specified/undetermined52
Arson/incendiarism24
Recreation and ceremony10
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
25 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 September 2007Debris and open burning17 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 September 2007Debris and open burning8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 July 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCOLD IRON
23 July 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 July 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harlan County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Tremont: 3 prospects. 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
Jesse Spur RoadcutClayProspect
Kentenia ShaleClayProspect
Wallins Creek South ShaleClayProspect

Every working recorded in Harlan 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
Longton0.9 miles24
Wilhoit1.1 miles24
Fresh Meadows1.3 miles25
Wallins Creek1.4 miles24
Keith1.5 miles25
Rio Vista2.0 miles25
South Wallins2.1 miles24
Loyall2.3 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 505483. 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.