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Waite, Kentucky

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Somerset census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42503. It lies near Wait Knob. The Survey maps it on the Delmer quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Waite within Pulaski County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

37 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Waite (historical) between 1998 and 2020, burning about 320 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning24
Recreation and ceremony6
Arson/incendiarism3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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
16 September 1999Smoking2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
16 August 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 August 2007Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 June 2012Debris and open burning40 acresKentucky Division of ForestryRADIO TOWE
29 June 2012Debris and open burning6.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryRADIO TOWE
23 June 2008Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 June 2007Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 April 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryWEST GATE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski 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 Waite (historical): 1 prospect. 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
Fishing Creek ShaleClayProspect

Every working recorded in Pulaski 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
Bourbon1.6 miles11
Oak Hill1.9 miles10
Cedar Grove2.1 miles11
Durham (historical)2.2 miles11
Elihu2.5 miles11
Crockett (historical)2.6 miles10
Prater (historical)2.6 miles11
Ferguson3.1 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2725932. 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.