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Arthur, Kentucky

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Brownsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42210. It lies near Brooks Knob. The Survey maps it on the Rhoda quadrangle.

Arthur within Edmonson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 23 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

13 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Arthur between 1999 and 2011, burning about 36 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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
Arson/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMammoth Cave National ParkLITTLE FIR
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresKentucky Division of ForestryOAK GROVE CHURCH FIRE
4 April 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMammoth Cave National ParkBLUFFS01
16 April 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMammoth Cave National ParkTAURUS
13 April 2003Smokingunder an acreMammoth Cave National ParkWET PRONG
26 March 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 March 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 March 2007Recreation and ceremony2.1 acresMammoth Cave National ParkBUFFALO FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Edmonson County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Arthur: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Vincent Prospect PitFire Clay (Refractory)Prospect

Every working recorded in Edmonson County

Storms near this place

3 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arthur in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2019: 3 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
March 2019Thunderstorm WindArthur$20,000Part of a storage building's roof was blown off.
February 2018Thunderstorm WindArthur-The public reported trees down on Highway 70 near Mammoth Cave National Park blocking both sides.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindArthur-Emergency manager reported trees down on Brooks Knob Lookout Tower Rd.

Every storm recorded in Edmonson 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
Rhoda1.7 miles23
Brownsville3.4 miles13
Pig3.5 miles23
Chalybeate3.7 miles23
Elko3.9 miles23
Cedar Spring4.6 miles24
Ollie5.5 miles15
Mammoth Cave5.7 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507417. 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.