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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.

Elko within Edmonson County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 23 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.

Fires near this place

31 since 1993

Regional 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/incendiarism14
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMammoth Cave National ParkCEDARHILL2
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMammoth Cave National ParkLITTLE FIR
26 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMammoth Cave National ParkSANDERS
24 July 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMammoth Cave National ParkDOYEL VALLEY
14 July 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMammoth Cave National ParkHERITAGE TRAIL
4 April 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMammoth Cave National ParkBLUFFS01
3 April 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMammoth Cave National ParkHOGAN
11 April 1995Smoking144 acresMammoth Cave National ParkJIM LEE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Edmonson County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Park City QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Edmonson 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Sloans Crossing2.2 miles22
Mammoth Cave2.5 miles22
Pig2.7 miles23
Cedar Spring2.9 miles24
Union City3.8 miles22
Arthur3.9 miles23
Chaumont4.3 miles22
Rhoda4.8 miles23

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 ElkoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q123382677The 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.