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Anton, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Madisonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42431. The Survey maps it on the Madisonville East quadrangle.

Anton within Hopkins County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

11 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Anton between 2000 and 2017, burning about 339 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony2
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
14 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined300 acresKentucky Division of ForestryIKE
3 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestry2 FENCE
30 July 2012Debris and open burning9.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBLADELINE
7 March 2010Recreation and ceremony8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 March 2000Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 March 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryBLACK CHOP
17 March 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
16 February 2017Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMEADOWLARK LANE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hopkins County

Storms near this place

7 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Anton in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2019: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
February 2009Thunderstorm WindAnton2 hurt, $80,000A mobile home was overturned and demolished. The occupants of the mobile home were slightly injured, receiving only scratches and bruises. The mobile home was not tied down. The outer wall of a nearby cinder block garage was pushed in. Shingles were torn off a neighbor's house, causing water to leak in.
May 2011FloodAnton$500,000no account filed
October 2000Thunderstorm WindAnton$30,000A barn was heavily damaged by thunderstorm winds. The trusses of the 60 by 120-foot barn were damaged, however, the contents of the barn were not damaged.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindAnton-no account filed
March 2017HailAnton-no account filed
April 2011FloodAnton-no account filed
August 2003HailAnton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hopkins 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
Fies2.3 miles14
Liberty (historical)2.9 miles12
East Diamond (historical)3.5 miles12
Madisonville5.8 miles12
Grapevine6.0 miles12
Hanson6.4 miles12
Victoria6.7 miles14
Vandetta7.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507405. 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.

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.