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Woodside, Kentucky

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Brownsville North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42285. It stands on Pigeon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bee Spring quadrangle.

Woodside within Edmonson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

24 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Woodside between 1998 and 2019, burning about 732 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1
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
7 September 1999Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use400 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
16 April 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMammoth Cave National ParkTAURUS
12 April 2014Recreation and ceremony40 acresKentucky Division of ForestryJOCK ROAD
11 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPEACE ROAD
6 March 2012Debris and open burning9.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryKEY CEMETE
18 March 2000Arson/incendiarism25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Edmonson 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 Woodside: 3 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Clay, Coal, Coal, Fire Clay (Refractory), Rock Asphalt, 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
Bee Spring QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dismal Creek Eastwall Clay PitClay, CoalProspect
Dismal Creek QuarryFire Clay (Refractory), Rock Asphalt, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dismal Creek West Clay PitCoal, ClayProspect
Irving QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducer
Johnson Mine Clay PitClayProspect

Every working recorded in Edmonson 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
Ridgedale0.5 miles13
Sweeden0.7 miles13
Kyrock0.8 miles13
Lindseyville2.0 miles13
Bee Spring2.7 miles13
Oak Ridge3.2 miles15
Black Gold3.5 miles13
Hillview3.7 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509404. 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.