Langs, Kentucky

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Paducah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42001. It stands on Crooked Creek. The Survey maps it on the Paducah West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Langs within McCracken County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 22 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.

1926 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:62500
1929 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1940 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:62500
1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1954 USGS Paducah West quadrangle1:24000
1958 USGS Paducah West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1982 USGS Paducah West quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
1986 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

23 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Langs (historical) between 1997 and 2017, burning about 130 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	9
Recreation and ceremony	8
Debris and open burning	2
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Smoking	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
25 September 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
23 September 1999	Smoking	3.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
20 September 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
16 August 2012	Railroad operations and maintenance	3.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	SOUTH FRIE
16 August 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.5 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
1 August 2012	Recreation and ceremony	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	JOHNY KING
6 July 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	FRIENDSHIP
2 April 2009	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 McCracken 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 Langs (historical): 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
	Massac Creek Clay Bed	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Prospect

Every working recorded in McCracken 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
Pleasant Grove (historical)	0.3 miles	22
Lone Oak	1.2 miles	22
Spring Hill	1.5 miles	22
Highland Church (historical)	1.6 miles	22
Avondale Heights	1.9 miles	22
Concord	1.9 miles	22
Forest Hill	1.9 miles	22
Hendron	2.6 miles	22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743782. 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.