BlockCedar Grove, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Southeast Lyon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42038. The Survey maps it on the Lamasco quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Lamasco quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Lamasco quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Hopkinsville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Grove (historical) between 1998 and 2018, burning about 24 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 July 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BARRETT RD |
| 6 June 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 June 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | 139 RAMP |
| 26 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PERRY |
| 12 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HOWARD ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renaldo (historical) | 1.3 miles | 8 | |
| Lamasco | 2.1 miles | 8 | |
| Rolling Mill (historical) | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Dryden Estates | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Confederate | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Dewey (historical) | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Commerce Landing | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Eddy Bay | 5.8 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743554. 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.