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Kentucky, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Kentucky Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72019. It stands on Dotson Branch. The Survey maps it on the Haskell quadrangle.

Kentucky within Saline County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

126 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Kentucky between 1997 and 2020, burning about 712 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 32 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 burning48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined38
Arson/incendiarism32
Smoking2
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2015Smoking5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saline County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Kentucky: 3 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Nickel, Cobalt. 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
Ben J.FieldQuartzUnknown
C.E. Lowry, Trustee, PropertiesNickel, CobaltProspectUnderground
Henderson and Davis Clay BanksClayUnknown
Hill Sand and Gravel, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Saline County

Storms near this place

2 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kentucky in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2019: 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2008FloodKentucky$1,000,000Heavy rainfall from Tropical Depression Gustav caused the third highest crest of record for the Saline River at Benton. Arkansas Highway 5 was flooded as well as several streets in Benton. A manufactured home subdivision flooded with as many as 20 structures affected. Five homes were flooded on River Street and other side streets. A horse farm also flooded with a barn and practice race track damaged.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindKentucky-Trees and power lines were down on Elliott Trail.

Every storm recorded in Saline 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
Grape1.7 miles19
Alum (historical)3.7 miles19
Benton5.0 miles23
Congo5.2 miles20
Klondike (historical)5.3 miles19
Fairplay (historical)5.5 miles19
Bland5.6 miles19
Salem5.6 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 66000. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.