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Walnut Grove, Kentucky

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Glens Fork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42728. It lies near Earl Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Amandaville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Walnut Grove within Adair County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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

25 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Walnut Grove (historical) between 1998 and 2020, burning about 135 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 burning10
Arson/incendiarism7
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
8 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 August 2007Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 April 2001Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 April 2020Arson/incendiarism3.5 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBIRD ROAD
8 March 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 March 2016Debris and open burning4.1 acresKentucky Division of ForestryGREENBRIAR
30 March 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 March 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHUGHES RD. FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Adair 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 Walnut Grove (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Williams QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Adair 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
Fairplay1.3 miles9
Chance1.6 miles10
Gum Grove1.9 miles9
Rowes Store (historical)2.3 miles10
Inroad3.0 miles10
Glens Fork3.3 miles9
Gadberry (historical)3.4 miles9
Bird (historical)4.0 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743414. 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.