Collett, Kentucky

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Smiths Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42103. It stands on Drakes Creek. The Survey maps it on the Polkville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Collett within Warren County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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.

1921 USGS Bowling Green quadrangle1:62500
1923 USGS Bowling Green quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1954 USGS Polkville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Bowling Green quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

4 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Collett (historical) between 2005 and 2014, burning about 67 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	2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2

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
14 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	LOVING RD. FIRE
22 March 2014	Recreation and ceremony	60 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	LOUISVILLE ROAD FIRE
9 November 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
18 October 2010	Recreation and ceremony	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	CEMETERY RD. FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Warren 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 Collett (historical): 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
	Bowling Green Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
	Bowling Green Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Warren 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
Bristow	1.7 miles	15
Plum Springs	1.9 miles	15
Mount Victor	1.9 miles	16
Indian Hills	2.2 miles	16
Briarwood Manor	2.5 miles	16
Gotts	3.1 miles	13
Middle Bridge	3.8 miles	16
Sunnyside	3.8 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2742798. 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.