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Walsh, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Tygarts Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41175. It stands on Town Branch. The Survey maps it on the Portsmouth quadrangle.

Walsh within Greenup County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

180 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 180 fires within 5 miles of Walsh between 1997 and 2020, burning about 4,997 acres in total. None started naturally. 43 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 burning74
Missing data/not specified/undetermined47
Arson/incendiarism43
Recreation and ceremony12
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
6 September 2007Debris and open burning45 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
20 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresOhio Department of Natural ResourcesPORTSMOUTH
2 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
14 September 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySHEEP HOLL
10 September 1998Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 August 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 August 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenup County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Walsh: 2 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Greenup MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Own Crews QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Howland Tract MineClayPast Producer
Portsmouth WorksClayPlant
River Creek Clay BedClayProspect
South Shore Clay BedClayProspect

Every working recorded in Greenup County

Storms near this place

1 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Walsh in 1 storm report in 2014: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2014Thunderstorm WindWalsh$5,000Several trees were blown down along Wingo Road.

Every storm recorded in Greenup 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
Sunshine2.0 miles15
Maloneton2.5 miles15
South Shore2.8 miles15
Fullerton2.9 miles15
Letitia3.7 miles14
Frost3.8 miles15
South Portsmouth3.9 miles14
Beechy4.0 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509313. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.