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Glendale, Kentucky

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the West Crittenden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42064. It stands on Little Hurricane Creek. The Survey maps it on the Salem quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Glendale within Crittenden County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 21 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

17 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Glendale (historical) between 1997 and 2019, burning about 134 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
Recreation and ceremony7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
28 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFRITZ RD.
7 March 2010Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 March 2010Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 March 2009Recreation and ceremony40 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 March 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 March 2014Recreation and ceremony10 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMIDWAY RD.
17 March 2019Debris and open burning9.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHWY1668

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crittenden County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 55 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 55 workings within 5 miles of Glendale (historical): 22 past producers, 18 unknowns, 8 prospects, 5 occurrences. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Lead. 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
Bryant ProspectCobalt, Nickel, ZincProspect1901
Dike - Eaton Group Fluorspar MinesFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Barium-BariteProducer1900
Givens ProspectZinc, Nickel, Manganese, Cobalt, DiatomitePast Producer1900
Hickory Cane MineZinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, LeadPast Producer
Columbia MineFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Dike-Eaton GroupFluorine-Fluorite, ZincOccurrence
K.K.MineFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Old Jim MineZincUnknown
Commodore MineFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Glendale MinesFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, ZincPast Producer

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Sheridan1.8 miles21
Siloem (historical)2.4 miles21
Forest Grove (historical)3.4 miles23
Liberty Grove (historical)3.6 miles21
Levias4.2 miles21
Irma4.2 miles23
Midway4.3 miles21
Pleasant Grove (historical)4.5 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743689. 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.