BlockCloyds Landing, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Kettle-Peytonsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42717. It stands on Carter Branch. The Survey maps it on the Waterview quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Waterview quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
56 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Cloyds Landing between 1998 and 2020, burning about 1,108 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 1999 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 August 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 27 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HICKORY RIDGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cloyds Landing: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Oil Shale, Uranium, Oil Shale. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcrop Sample For Uranium | Uranium, Oil Shale | Occurrence | ||
| Outcrop Sample For Uranium | Uranium, Oil Shale | Occurrence |
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.
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 Q122544756 | 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 507720. 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.