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Livingston, Kentucky

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Fredonia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42411. It sits by The Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Fredonia quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Livingston within Caldwell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 18 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.

Fires near this place

9 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Livingston (historical) between 1999 and 2011, burning about 27 acres 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
21 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 March 2009Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
14 February 2002Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 November 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 November 2011Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCRAYNE CEM. RD.
8 October 1999Smoking6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Caldwell County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Livingston (historical): 7 past producers, 2 producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Zinc, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fredonia QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pigmy MineFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Tabb Group Fluorspar MinesFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Barium-BariteProducer1903
Western Kentucky DistrictFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, SilverPast Producer1914
Yandell MinesCobalt, Diatomite, Manganese, Nickel, ZincPast Producer1902
Blue MineFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Eva Tanguay MineFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Lafayette MineFluorine-Fluorite, ZincPast Producer1888, 1900
Marble GroupFluorine-Fluorite, ZincProspectUnderground
Vinson DepositFluorine-Fluorite, ZincProspect1962

Every working recorded in Caldwell 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Fredonia1.5 miles18
Hickory Grove2.1 miles18
Bakers2.2 miles18
Crider5.9 miles15
Enon6.2 miles14
Flat Rock6.5 miles15
White Sulphur7.9 miles15
Dulaney8.3 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743602. 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.