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Caseyville, Kentucky

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Sturgis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42459. It lies near Sturgeon Island. The Survey maps it on the Dekoven quadrangle.

Caseyville within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 24 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

15 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Caseyville between 1994 and 2019, burning about 139 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
19 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShawnee National ForestPINE
3 May 2015Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryDEKOVEN ROAD
3 April 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreShawnee National ForestTUCKER HILL
17 April 1996Debris and open burning2.0 acresShawnee National ForestPENNELL
28 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 March 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 March 2014Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryRT.365
1 March 2001Debris and open burning7.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Caseyville: 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Caseyville-Dekoven Road OutcropSilicaProspect
Union Sand Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Union County

Storms near this place

1 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Caseyville in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 flood. 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
April 2011FloodCaseyville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Union 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
Mulfordtown0.6 miles24
Dekoven2.6 miles24
Curlew3.0 miles24
Grangertown3.2 miles24
Sturgis4.3 miles14
Hazel4.3 miles14
Kern Orchard5.6 miles14
Henshaw5.8 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 489053. 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.