BlockArrington Corner, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Patesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42348. The Survey maps it on the Cloverport quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1934 USGS Cannelton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Cloverport quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Cloverport quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
16 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Arrington Corner between 1999 and 2017, burning about 210 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/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | JACKSON FI |
| 11 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PALESVILLE |
| 3 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 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 Arrington Corner: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Lake Sandstone Bluff | Silica | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weberstown | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Patesville | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Goering | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Scuffletown (historical) | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Sanders | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Floral | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Pellville | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Roseville | 4.0 miles | 12 |
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 Q122573363 | 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 507416. 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.