Hanging Rock, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Leitchfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42754. It stands on Peter Cave Creek. The Survey maps it on the Madrid quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Madrid quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
15 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Hanging Rock between 2003 and 2016, burning about 147 acres in total. 1 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 ceremony | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CAVE SPRING |
| 8 April 2013 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ST PAUL FIRE |
| 4 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ST. PAUL FIRE |
| 18 April 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 March 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 March 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SALT RIVER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lilac | 1.2 miles | 10 | |
| Eveleigh | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Duff | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Leitchfield | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Tar Hill | 5.6 miles | 18 | |
| Indian Valley | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Black Rock | 6.6 miles | 13 | |
| Clarkson | 6.6 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508173. 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.





