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Magan, Kentucky

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Fordsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42343. The Survey maps it on the Dundee quadrangle.

Magan within Ohio County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

17 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Magan between 1997 and 2017, burning about 112 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Recreation and ceremony7
Debris and open burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism2

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
27 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBELLS FIRE
10 September 2002Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 April 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 April 2001Debris and open burning7.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 April 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 April 2001Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 March 2017Debris and open burning1.5 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFREINDSHIP
20 March 2012Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryOVERHANGIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ohio 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 Magan: 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Sulphur Springs QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Trestle ClayClayProspect

Every working recorded in Ohio County

Storms near this place

3 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Magan in 3 storm reports between 2002 and 2019: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2019Thunderstorm WindMagan-Trees were down around the county. No other details were given by the emergency manager or dispatch.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindMagan-Local law enforcement just north of Dundee reported several trees down along State Highway 1414, Taffy Road, and Friendship Road.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindMagan-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ohio 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
Ralph2.4 miles13
Adaburg2.6 miles13
Dundee3.2 miles13
Deanefield4.1 miles12
Narrows4.3 miles12
Sunnydale4.6 miles13
Sulphur Springs4.6 miles13
Fordsville5.0 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508523. 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.