Hodge, Kentucky

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Frankfort census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40601. The Survey maps it on the Switzer quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Hodge within Franklin County

On record in Hodge

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.

Knight-Taylor-Hockensmith Houselisted 2013 · 1.0 miles away

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.

1906 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:62500
1906 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:48000
1908 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1954 USGS Switzer quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

1 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Hodge (historical) in 1997, burning about 1 acre 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 ceremony	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
11 October 1997	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hodge (historical): 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Lead, Barium-Barite, Zinc, Strontium. 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
	Clark Mine	Lead, Barium-Barite, Zinc, Strontium	Past Producer	1901
	Thorn Hill Clay Bed	Clay	Prospect

Every working recorded in Franklin 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
Knights (historical)	1.0 miles	13
Lucas Lane (historical)	1.0 miles	13
Elsinore	2.5 miles	17
Forks of Elkhorn	2.8 miles	17
Switzer	2.8 miles	13
Peaks Mill	2.9 miles	13
Indian Hills	2.9 miles	17
Shadrick Ferry (historical)	4.0 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2569658. 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.