Aetnaville, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Fordsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42368. The Survey maps it on the Whitesville quadrangle. It stands 482 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1907 USGS Whitesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Whitesville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Whitesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Aetnaville between 1997 and 2017, burning about 131 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 ceremony | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | JACKSON FI |
| 9 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 April 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Aetnaville: 1 prospect. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trestle Clay | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
2 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Aetnaville in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2019: 2 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.
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deanefield | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Haynesville | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Herbert | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Ralph | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Fordsville | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Magan | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Ellmitch | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Adaburg | 6.4 miles | 13 |
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 Aetnaville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690008 | The 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 485788. 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.







