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Yaden, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Siler census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40769. It stands on Bunch Creek. The Survey maps it on the Saxton quadrangle. It stands 945 feet above sea level.

Yaden within Whitley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

206 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 206 fires within 5 miles of Yaden between 1997 and 2020, burning about 7,318 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 48 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 burning100
Arson/incendiarism48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined40
Recreation and ceremony12
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
19 September 2000Arson/incendiarism20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 August 2007Natural1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 July 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 May 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryWOFFORD CEM. RD
1 May 2007Debris and open burning70 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 April 2017Arson/incendiarism50 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBETHEL
9 April 2001Debris and open burning63 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 April 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Whitley County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Yaden: 2 prospects. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cave Creek-Jowl Mt ShaleClayProspect
Louden ShaleClayProspect

Every working recorded in Whitley 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
Suttons Mill (historical)0.2 miles15
Dal1.6 miles15
Lucky1.6 miles15
Julip1.9 miles15
Verne2.3 miles15
Williamsburg3.1 miles15
Highland Park3.1 miles15
Savoy3.1 miles15

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.

Wikipedia article on YadenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8046553The 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 516497. 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.