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Woodcrest, Kentucky

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Whitesville-Philpot census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42303. The Survey maps it on the Owensboro East quadrangle.

Woodcrest within Daviess County

On record in Woodcrest

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 2 records

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

4 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Woodcrest between 2001 and 2013, burning about 38 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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
Recreation and ceremony2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1

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
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPOWER TOWER
16 September 2008Recreation and ceremony10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 March 2013Recreation and ceremony3.5 acresKentucky Division of ForestryOLD CAR
10 March 2001Debris and open burning23 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Daviess 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 Woodcrest: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Daviess County DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kapco DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
No. 9 DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
W. L. Delker DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Daviess 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
Brownwood Manor1.2 miles18
Thruston1.3 miles18
Ensor1.5 miles16
Covent Gardens (historical)2.2 miles18
Pates (historical)2.7 miles18
Spice Knob2.8 miles16
Locust Hills2.8 miles18
Normandy Heights3.0 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2742953. 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.