Lee, Kentucky

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Grahamville-Heath census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42053. The Survey maps it on the Bandana quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Lee within McCracken County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 17 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.

1928 USGS La Center quadrangle1:62500
1932 USGS La Center quadrangle1:62500
1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Bandana quadrangle1:24000
1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1966 USGS Bandana quadrangle1:24000
1982 USGS Bandana quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
1986 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

11 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Lee (historical) between 1999 and 2012, burning about 26 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	5
Debris and open burning	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
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
7 September 2008	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	49
6 August 2010	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	STUBBLEFIELD
26 May 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	CARMAN
6 March 2010	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
6 March 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
23 March 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	WEAVER
1 December 1999	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
6 November 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lee (historical): 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Calcium, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	Delta Materials, Inc. Dredge	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
	Joppa Cement Plant	Calcium	Producer

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
Crawford Lake	1.1 miles	17
Ragland	1.5 miles	17
Rossington	4.9 miles	19
Woodville	6.0 miles	16
Cimota City	6.6 miles	16
Bayou Church (historical)	7.5 miles	16
Grahamville	8.5 miles	16
Heath	9.0 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743783. 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.