BlockWest Fairview, Kentucky
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Ashland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41102. It lies near Lawhorn Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Ashland quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 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.
- 1901 USGS Ceredo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1904 USGS Kenova quadrangle1:125000
- 1913 USGS Ceredo quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
106 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of West Fairview between 1997 and 2020, burning about 732 acres in total. None started naturally. 18 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 | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ELIZABETH COURT |
| 12 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | REBEL ROAD |
| 11 May 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DANIELS FORK |
| 9 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RT 503 #2 |
| 9 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of West Fairview: 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armco Steel/ Ashland, Ky. | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Clinton Shale Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Ironton Plant Number 85 | Clay | Past Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 506417. 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.