Elko, Kentucky
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Mammoth Cave census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42259. It lies near Joppa Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Rhoda quadrangle.
On record in Elko
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Joppa Baptist Church and Cemeterylisted 1991 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 23 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.
- 1922 USGS Mammoth Cave quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1923 USGS Mammoth Cave quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rhoda quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Rhoda quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
31 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Elko between 1993 and 2017, burning about 170 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Mammoth Cave National Park | CEDARHILL2 |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mammoth Cave National Park | LITTLE FIR |
| 26 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mammoth Cave National Park | SANDERS |
| 24 July 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mammoth Cave National Park | DOYEL VALLEY |
| 14 July 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Mammoth Cave National Park | HERITAGE TRAIL |
| 4 April 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mammoth Cave National Park | BLUFFS01 |
| 3 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mammoth Cave National Park | HOGAN |
| 11 April 1995 | Smoking | 144 acres | Mammoth Cave National Park | JIM LEE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Elko: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Park City Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sloans Crossing | 2.2 miles | 22 | |
| Mammoth Cave | 2.5 miles | 22 | |
| Pig | 2.7 miles | 23 | |
| Cedar Spring | 2.9 miles | 24 | |
| Union City | 3.8 miles | 22 | |
| Arthur | 3.9 miles | 23 | |
| Chaumont | 4.3 miles | 22 | |
| Rhoda | 4.8 miles | 23 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Elko | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q123382677 | 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 507924. 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.







