BlockWest Lovely, Kentucky
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Warfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41231. It stands on Buck Branch. The Survey maps it on the Kermit 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
14 surveys from 26 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.
- 1887 USGS Warfield quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Warfield quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1910 USGS Naugatuck quadrangle1:48000
- 1912 USGS Naugatuck quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Naugatuck quadrangle1:48000
- 1917 USGS Naugatuck quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1926 USGS Naugatuck quadrangle1:62500
- 1928 USGS Naugatuck quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Kermit quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Kermit quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Kermit quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
321 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 321 fires within 5 miles of West Lovely (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 15,274 acres in total. None started naturally. 113 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 | 114 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 113 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 49 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | OLD KERMIT GRADE SCHOOL |
| 23 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | EMILY CREEK ROAD |
| 22 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.1 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | MARROWBONE JUNCTION |
| 21 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 2002 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | PARSLEY BRANCH |
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 West Lovely (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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highway Roadcut Clay Bed | Clay | Prospect |
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 2092607. 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.