Fishtrap, Kentucky

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the East Crittenden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42064. It stands on Fishtrap Hill. The Survey maps it on the Blackford quadrangle.

Fishtrap within Crittenden County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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.

1909 USGS Providence quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1954 USGS Blackford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Providence quadrangle1:62500
1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1983 USGS Madisonville quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

6 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Fishtrap between 1997 and 2010, burning about 146 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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	3
Debris and open burning	2
Arson/incendiarism	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
23 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	SINKHOLE PASTURE
23 March 2009	Debris and open burning	50 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
19 March 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
11 March 2001	Arson/incendiarism	25 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
26 November 1997	Debris and open burning	35 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
11 October 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crittenden 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 Fishtrap: 1 unknown. 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
	Highway Junction Shale	Clay	Unknown

Every working recorded in Crittenden 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
Piney	0.3 miles	13
Deanwood	2.4 miles	14
Mount Olivet (historical)	3.0 miles	12
Cave Springs (historical)	3.2 miles	13
Shady Grove	4.1 miles	14
Nunn	4.3 miles	13
Tribune	5.6 miles	14
Rosebud (historical)	5.6 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743686. 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.