Mitchell Landing, Kentucky
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Smithland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42081. It stands on Sandy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Burna quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 19 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 Burna quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
15 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Mitchell Landing between 2002 and 2016, burning about 118 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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. |
| 19 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | EVELYN RD |
| 23 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 March 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FAULKNER LANE FIRE |
| 24 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Mitchell Landing: 9 past producers, 6 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Clay, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse Walker Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Mineral Ridge - Claylick Fluorspar Mines | Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead | Producer | 1870 | |
| Hutson Zinc Mine | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Larkin Croft Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Billy Owl Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Cullen No2 | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1968 | |
| Eagle-Butlar Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Green Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Klondike Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1950 | |
| Lewis Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moxley Landing | 0.9 miles | 19 | |
| Vicksburg | 2.3 miles | 19 | |
| Tiline | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Pinckneyville | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Lemen Landing | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Mullikin Junction | 3.5 miles | 19 | |
| Heater | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Miller Landing | 4.8 miles | 21 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122597832 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508619. 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.











