Miller Landing, Kentucky
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Smithland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42083. It lies near Japanese Hill. The Survey maps it on the Smithland quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 21 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.
- 1929 USGS Smithland quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1936 USGS Smithland quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Smithland quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Smithland quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Smithland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1996 USGS Smithland quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
19 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Miller Landing between 1999 and 2016, burning about 251 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 | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SCOTTS CHAPEL RD. |
| 6 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 August 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 June 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 70 acres | Shawnee National Forest | POPE COUNTY |
| 22 May 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | DOUGLASS |
| 22 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1722 |
| 13 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MCCORMICK CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Miller Landing: 5 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Cadmium, Germanium, Gallium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dyers Hill Fluorspar Deposits | Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Cadmium, Germanium, Gallium | Past Producer | 1950, 1956 | |
| Larkin Croft Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Smithland Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Smithland Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Dyers Hill Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1955 | |
| Klondike Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1950 | |
| Royal Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lemen Landing | 1.8 miles | 19 | |
| Vicksburg | 2.5 miles | 19 | |
| Smithland | 3.4 miles | 21 | |
| Moxley Landing | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Mullikin Junction | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Heater | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Burna | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Birdsville | 4.5 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508606. 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.













