Edwards Mill, Kentucky

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Hopkinsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42240. The Survey maps it on the Hopkinsville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Edwards Mill within Christian County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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.

1951 USGS Hopkinsville quadrangle1:24000
1956 USGS Hopkinsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Hopkinsville quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

3 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Edwards Mill (historical) between 2004 and 2014, burning about 4 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	2
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
27 March 2014	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	BAREFOOT
21 February 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
20 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:

Every fire recorded in Christian County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Edwards Mill (historical): 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Clay, Graphite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Dalton Brick-Clay Mine	Clay	Past Producer
Pembroke Quarry	Limestone, General	Past Producer
Superior Graphite/Hopkinsville, Ky.	Graphite	Unknown
Christian Quarries, Inc.	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Hopkinsville Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
U.S. 41a Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

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
Casky	1.3 miles	8
Longview	4.5 miles	8
Pembroke	4.5 miles	8
Perry (historical)	4.6 miles	7
Hopkinsville	5.0 miles	8
Masonville	5.1 miles	8
West Brook	5.5 miles	9
Fairview	5.8 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2742886. 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.