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Twin Oaks, Kentucky

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Symsonia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42066. The Survey maps it on the Westplains quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Twin Oaks within Graves County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

42 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Twin Oaks (historical) between 1998 and 2017, burning about 248 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Recreation and ceremony13
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryGOLO ROADSIDE
24 September 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryGRAVES 9008
17 September 2007Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 August 2012Recreation and ceremony6.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMOUNTAIN R
23 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 August 2007Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
1 August 2012Recreation and ceremony10 acresKentucky Division of ForestryTRACE CREE
8 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryBEE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Graves County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Twin Oaks (historical): 4 producers, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Titanium, Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Jackson Purchase Ball Clay RegionTitanium, Aluminum, Iron, SilicaProducer1888, 1900
Ray Branch Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Prospect
Riley MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Graves County MinesClayProducer
Graves County MinesClayProducer
Hickory Clay MillClayProducer
Ranch MineClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Graves 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
Westplains2.5 miles13
Hickory3.7 miles12
Mayfield3.9 miles11
Clear Springs4.0 miles13
Hicksville4.9 miles13
Viola5.2 miles12
West Viola5.9 miles12
Golo6.3 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743802. 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.