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Wray Gap, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Monticello census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42633. It lies near Sulphur Spring Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Monticello quadrangle.

Wray Gap within Wayne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

56 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Wray Gap between 2000 and 2018, burning about 1,765 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Arson/incendiarism7
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
16 May 2001Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
14 April 2014Debris and open burning80 acresKentucky Division of ForestryWRAY HOLLOW FIRE
14 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
14 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 April 2018Arson/incendiarism10 acresKentucky Division of ForestryTHE BRIDGE
11 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 March 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 March 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Wray Gap: 1 prospect, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Bald Rock MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Coffey Mountain ShaleClayProspect
Monticello QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Wayne 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
Cooper1.3 miles14
Oilton1.7 miles14
Number One1.8 miles14
Sumpter1.9 miles14
Bethesda2.9 miles14
Monticello2.9 miles14
Oil Valley3.0 miles14
Slat3.4 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122569099The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507157. 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.