BlockBefore

Mulfordtown, Kentucky

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Sturgis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42459. It lies near Sturgeon Island. The Survey maps it on the Dekoven quadrangle.

Mulfordtown within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 24 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

15 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Mulfordtown between 1994 and 2019, burning about 138 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
19 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShawnee National ForestPINE
3 May 2015Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryDEKOVEN ROAD
3 April 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreShawnee National ForestTUCKER HILL
17 April 1996Debris and open burning2.0 acresShawnee National ForestPENNELL
28 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 March 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
1 March 2001Debris and open burning7.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 February 1995Debris and open burning42 acresShawnee National ForestMINERVA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Mulfordtown: 2 producers, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Germanium, Lead, Silver, Gallium, Cadmium, Barium-Barite, 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
Caseyville-Dekoven Road OutcropSilicaProspect
Minerva No. 1 MineFluorine-Fluorite, Germanium, Lead, Silver, Gallium, Cadmium, Barium-BariteProducer
Union Sand Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Minerva No. 1 MineFluorine-FluoriteProducerFluorite, Sphalerite

Every working recorded in Union 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
Caseyville0.6 miles24
Dekoven2.1 miles24
Curlew2.5 miles24
Grangertown3.5 miles24
Sturgis4.7 miles14
Hazel4.9 miles14
Henshaw5.5 miles24
Kern Orchard5.8 miles14

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 Q122541792The 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 499080. 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.