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Hickory Grove, Kentucky

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Fredonia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42411. The Survey maps it on the Fredonia quadrangle.

Hickory Grove within Caldwell County

On record in Hickory Grove

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 18 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

12 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Hickory Grove between 1999 and 2016, burning about 51 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
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
20 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 August 2007Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 March 2016Recreation and ceremony15 acresKentucky Division of ForestryR WHITE ROAD
29 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 March 2009Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 November 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 November 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Caldwell County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Hickory Grove: 5 past producers, 2 producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Zinc, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite. 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
Fredonia QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pigmy MineFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Tabb Group Fluorspar MinesFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Barium-BariteProducer1903
Western Kentucky DistrictFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, SilverPast Producer1914
Blue MineFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Eva Tanguay MineFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Marble GroupFluorine-Fluorite, ZincProspectUnderground
Vinson DepositFluorine-Fluorite, ZincProspect1962
Beavers Fluorite ProspectFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
S.L.Crook MineFluorine-FluoritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Caldwell 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
Bakers0.4 miles18
Livingston (historical)2.1 miles18
Fredonia2.2 miles18
Crider3.8 miles15
Flat Rock5.5 miles15
Enon5.8 miles14
White Sulphur5.8 miles15
Dulaney6.5 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743599. 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.