BlockUpper Salt Lick, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Salt Lick census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40371. It stands on Carrington Branch. The Survey maps it on the Olympia quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1929 USGS Salt Lick quadrangle1:62500
- 1934 USGS Salt Lick quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Olympia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Olympia quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
39 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Upper Salt Lick (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,505 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 10 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 burning | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | PICNIC |
| 22 May 1997 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | NO WAY |
| 9 April 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 36 |
| 8 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | OLYMPIA SPRINGS |
| 7 April 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | HURRICANE |
| 7 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | REBEL TRACE |
| 6 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | JOHNSON BRANCH |
| 3 April 2010 | Smoking | 198 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | CLEAR CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Upper Salt Lick (historical): 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.W.Ingram Deposit | Iron | Occurrence |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suddith (historical) | 0.8 miles | 10 | |
| Pine Grove (historical) | 2.1 miles | 10 | |
| Clear Creek Furnace | 2.2 miles | 10 | |
| Black Sulpher Spring (historical) | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| White Sulpher (historical) | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Olympia Springs | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Lower Salt Lick (historical) | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Mill Creek (historical) | 5.2 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2416516. 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.