BlockCairo, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Corydon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42420. The Survey maps it on the Poole quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1906 USGS Sebree quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Poole quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Poole quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Poole quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Cairo between 1998 and 2010, burning about 4 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 | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 March 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 October 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BUSH HOG |
| 19 October 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cairo in 3 storm reports between 1999 and 2002: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cairo | $10,000 | Wind gusts estimated around 60 MPH collapsed a barn. |
| January 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cairo | $5,000 | Trees were blown down. Just east of Cairo, a house sustained minor to moderate roof damage. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Cairo | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Springs | 1.3 miles | 14 | |
| Tunnel Hill | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Dixie | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Corydon | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Wilson | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Jonesburg | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Robards | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Rankin | 6.3 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 488586. 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.