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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.

Miller Landing within Livingston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 21 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

19 since 1999

Regional 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/undetermined12
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2010Recreation and ceremony12 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySCOTTS CHAPEL RD.
6 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minor16 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 August 2002Railroad operations and maintenance8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
27 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 June 2009Arson/incendiarism70 acresShawnee National ForestPOPE COUNTY
22 May 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesDOUGLASS
22 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources1722
13 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMCCORMICK CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Livingston County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dyers Hill Fluorspar DepositsFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Cadmium, Germanium, GalliumPast Producer1950, 1956
Larkin Croft ProspectFluorine-Fluorite, ZincProspect
Smithland QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Smithland QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dyers Hill MineFluorine-FluoritePast Producer1955
Klondike MineFluorine-FluoritePast Producer1950
Royal MineFluorine-FluoritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Livingston 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
Lemen Landing1.8 miles19
Vicksburg2.5 miles19
Smithland3.4 miles21
Moxley Landing3.9 miles19
Mullikin Junction4.1 miles19
Heater4.1 miles19
Burna4.4 miles19
Birdsville4.5 miles21

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.