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Mount Vernon, Kentucky

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Calhoun census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42327. It stands on Yellow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Calhoun quadrangle.

Mount Vernon within McLean County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

11 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Mount Vernon between 1999 and 2019, burning about 93 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/undetermined6
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 September 2008Railroad operations and maintenance20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 May 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryMILE MARKE
5 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
27 November 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
14 November 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPASCAL KING RD.
11 November 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 October 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McLean County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mount Vernon: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica. 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
Roland Landing Sandstone QuarrySilicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in McLean 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
Lemon1.3 miles14
Poverty1.9 miles13
Glovers (historical)2.1 miles13
Wrightsburg2.7 miles14
Johnson Island2.8 miles13
Leachman (historical)3.3 miles13
Beech Grove3.3 miles14
Wyman3.7 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743122. 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.