BlockCanton Pike, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Hopkinsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42240. The Survey maps it on the Church Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1951 USGS Church Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Church Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Church Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Hopkinsville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Canton Pike between 2004 and 2007, burning about 40 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Canton Pike: 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Clay, Graphite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalton Brick-Clay Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Pembroke Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Superior Graphite/Hopkinsville, Ky. | Graphite | Unknown | ||
| Allied Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Christian Quarries, Inc. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| U.S. 41a Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Grove | 1.5 miles | 9 | |
| Merrittstown | 1.6 miles | 9 | |
| Cox Mill (historical) | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Hopkinsville | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Belleview (historical) | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| West Brook | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Church Hill | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Julien | 5.3 miles | 8 |
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 Q122597781 | 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 2742878. 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.