Hebron, Kentucky

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the West Crittenden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42064. It lies near Bracy Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Cave-in-Rock quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Hebron within Crittenden County

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 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.

1916 USGS Cave in Rock quadrangle1:62500
1916 USGS Fords Ferry quadrangle1:62500
1921 USGS Fords Ferry quadrangle1:48000
1925 USGS Cave In Rock quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Cave In Rock quadrangle1:24000
1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Cave In Rock quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Cave In Rock quadrangle1:62500
1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1984 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
1986 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
1996 USGS Cave-In-Rock quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

11 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Hebron (historical) between 1997 and 2015, burning about 40 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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	3
Recreation and ceremony	3
Arson/incendiarism	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Other causes	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
17 August 2010	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Shawnee National Forest	PICNIC
27 July 2012	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Shawnee National Forest	TOWER ROCK
19 July 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Shawnee National Forest	PINE
11 April 2001	Recreation and ceremony	15 acres	Shawnee National Forest	TOWER ROCK
7 March 2010	Recreation and ceremony	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
27 March 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
24 March 2015	Other causes	under an acre	Shawnee National Forest	LAMB
19 February 1997	Arson/incendiarism	8.0 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

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Hebron (historical): 14 past producers, 8 unknowns, 3 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Commodore Mine	Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Bean Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Cave In Rock Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Rigsby & Barnard Quarry & Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Ainsworth Mine	Fluorine-Fluorite	Past Producer
Brown Mine	Fluorine-Fluorite	Past Producer
Cook Mine	Fluorine-Fluorite	Past Producer
Frailey Workings	Fluorine-Fluorite	Past Producer	Fluorite, Galena
Frailey Workings	Fluorine-Fluorite	Past Producer
Frayser Workings	Fluorine-Fluorite	Past Producer	Fluorite

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
Fords Ferry	2.6 miles	23
Forest Grove (historical)	3.0 miles	23
Weston	4.5 miles	23
Glendale (historical)	5.0 miles	21
Stone (historical)	5.4 miles	23
Tolu	5.4 miles	23
Irma	6.5 miles	23
Sheridan	6.6 miles	21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743690. 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.