Jingo, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hartford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42347. It stands on Wolf Creek. The Survey maps it on the Horton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1909 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Horton quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Horton quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Jingo between 1998 and 2012, burning about 146 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 July 2012 | Natural | 14 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BEAGLE CLU |
| 2 April 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 17 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 March 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Jingo: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sulphur Springs Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jingo in 6 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | Flash Flood | Jingo | $10,000 | A vehicle was stranded on the 4000 block of Kentucky Route 69. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jingo | - | The Ohio County KY Mesonet site recorded a 68 mph wind gust. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jingo | - | A 52 knot gust was recorded at the Ohio County Kentucky Mesonet station. |
| October 2014 | Hail | Jingo | - | A CoCoRahs observer reported ping pong sized hail that damaged vegetation. |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jingo | - | Trees were down across SR 1164. |
| October 2007 | Hail | Jingo | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnydale | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Dukehurst | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Sulphur Springs | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Combs Ford | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Horton | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Dundee | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Rosine | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Taffy | 5.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508346. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






