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West Whitesburg, Kentucky

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Whitesburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41858. It stands on Sandlick Creek. The Survey maps it on the Whitesburg quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

West Whitesburg within Letcher County

On record in West Whitesburg

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

199 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 199 fires within 5 miles of West Whitesburg (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 11,486 acres in total. None started naturally. 24 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 burning101
Missing data/not specified/undetermined48
Arson/incendiarism24
Recreation and ceremony20
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
9 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 September 2007Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2012Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryWHITCO HIL
22 September 2001Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
31 August 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCOWAN
24 August 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCOWAN
23 August 2008Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Letcher County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of West Whitesburg (historical): 2 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Silica. 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
Gordon Lewis SandpitSilicaProspect
Pine Mountain Gap ShaleClayProspect
Whitesburg Mill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Whitesburg MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Letcher 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
Whitesburg0.5 miles18
Marlowe0.7 miles17
Whitco0.8 miles18
Bellcraft1.1 miles17
Ice1.6 miles18
Dongola1.7 miles18
Crown2.0 miles17
Crafts Colly (historical)2.2 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2336233. 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.