Cavanaugh, Kentucky

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Crofton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42240. It stands on Thompson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kelly quadrangle.

Cavanaugh within Christian County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 9 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.

1952 USGS Kelly quadrangle1:24000
1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Kelly quadrangle1:24000
1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
1969 USGS Kelly quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1980 USGS Hopkinsville quadrangle1:100000
1993 USGS Kelly quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

22 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Cavanaugh between 1999 and 2014, burning about 216 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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	12
Recreation and ceremony	4
Debris and open burning	3
Smoking	2
Arson/incendiarism	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
7 September 1999	Smoking	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
6 June 2012	Smoking	under an acre	Kentucky Division of Forestry	MEDIAN FIR
3 April 2007	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
3 April 2007	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
25 April 2009	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
14 April 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	25 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
12 April 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
6 March 2012	Recreation and ceremony	22 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	HOOSIER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Christian 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 Cavanaugh: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
	Old Highway Shale	Clay	Prospect

Every working recorded in Christian 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Kelly	1.6 miles	9
Thomas Store (historical)	2.9 miles	12
Crofton	4.0 miles	12
Dogwood	4.1 miles	9
East Macedonia (historical)	4.2 miles	12
Hickory With (historical)	4.3 miles	12
Fruit Hill	5.2 miles	14
Pleasant Green Hill	5.5 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2742880. 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.