Ellmitch, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Fordsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42343. It stands on East Fork Adams Fork. The Survey maps it on the Fordsville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1932 USGS Fordsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Fordsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Ellmitch between 1997 and 2017, burning about 190 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 April 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ellmitch: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton Springs Church Clay | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Trestle Clay | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ellmitch in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2016: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fordsville | 1.0 miles | 11 | |
| Askin | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Narrows | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Haynesville | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Shreve | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Magan | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Aetnaville | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Deanefield | 6.0 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122539697 | 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 507931. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






