Hicksville, Kentucky

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Symsonia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42066. It stands on Ray Branch. The Survey maps it on the Westplains quadrangle.

Hicksville within Graves 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.

1936 USGS Westplains quadrangle1:24000
1951 USGS Hickory quadrangle1:62500
1951 USGS Westplains quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1969 USGS Westplains quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Murray quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1993 USGS Westplains quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

26 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Hicksville between 1998 and 2017, burning about 226 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
Recreation and ceremony	12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	11
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Debris and open burning	1
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
17 September 2007	Railroad operations and maintenance	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
9 August 2012	Recreation and ceremony	6.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	MOUNTAIN R
17 August 2008	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
1 August 2012	Recreation and ceremony	10 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	TRACE CREE
6 March 2010	Recreation and ceremony	5.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
6 March 2010	Recreation and ceremony	3.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
3 March 2010	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
21 March 2014	Recreation and ceremony	6.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	PRATHER RD.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Graves 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 Hicksville: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
	Ray Branch Clay Pit	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Prospect

Every working recorded in Graves 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
Clear Springs	2.9 miles	13
Golo	4.0 miles	11
Twin Oaks (historical)	4.9 miles	13
Westplains	5.3 miles	13
Kaler	6.6 miles	11
Dogwood	7.2 miles	11
Hickory	7.9 miles	12
Mayfield	8.0 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508231. 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.