Homestead, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Nortonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42442. It lies near Cedar Hill. The Survey maps it on the Nortonville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Homestead within Hopkins County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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.

1912 USGS Nortonville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1953 USGS Nortonville quadrangle1:24000
1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Nortonville quadrangle1:24000
1983 USGS Madisonville quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

35 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Homestead (historical) between 1997 and 2017, burning about 1,337 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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	12
Debris and open burning	7
Arson/incendiarism	7
Railroad operations and maintenance	3
Smoking	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2

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
6 September 2010	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	CAN FIRE
18 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	40 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
31 August 1999	Arson/incendiarism	100 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
31 August 1999	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
31 August 1999	Arson/incendiarism	4.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
31 August 1999	Arson/incendiarism	20 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
1 July 2012	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Kentucky Division of Forestry	ROCK SPARK
8 April 2002	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hopkins 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 Homestead (historical): 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
	St. Charles Clay	Clay	Prospect

Every working recorded in Hopkins 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
Daniel Boone	1.0 miles	12
Little Valley	2.4 miles	12
Nortonville	2.4 miles	12
Oak Hill	2.6 miles	12
Saint Charles	3.1 miles	12
Mortons Gap	3.3 miles	12
Romney (historical)	3.6 miles	12
Good Hope (historical)	3.6 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743532. 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.