BlockEast Cairo, Kentucky
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Barlow census division. It stands on Ohio River. The Survey maps it on the Cairo 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
16 surveys from 27 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.
- 1931 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1933 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of East Cairo (historical) between 2003 and 2017, burning about 63 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 April 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ACROSS DIS |
| 13 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 February 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wickliffe | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Barlow | 6.5 miles | 24 | |
| Slater | 8.7 miles | 16 | |
| New York | 10.6 miles | 10 | |
| La Center | 10.7 miles | 16 | |
| Blandville | 10.7 miles | 10 | |
| Oscar | 11.4 miles | 25 | |
| Hinkleville | 11.9 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743897. 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.