Mullikin Junction, Kentucky
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Salem census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42028. 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
21 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Mullikin Junction between 1999 and 2016, burning about 362 acres in total. None 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 | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 March 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Mullikin Junction: 9 prospects, 8 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 | |
| Jesse Walker Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Lasher Project | Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc | Prospect | 1970 | |
| Smithland Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hutson Zinc Mine | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Larkin Croft Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| B.S.Watson Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| Cullen No2 | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1968 | |
| Dyers Hill Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1955 | |
| Eagle-Butlar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burna | 2.3 miles | 19 | |
| Lemen Landing | 2.5 miles | 19 | |
| Vicksburg | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Moxley Landing | 2.9 miles | 19 | |
| Mitchell Landing | 3.5 miles | 19 | |
| Miller Landing | 4.1 miles | 21 | |
| Hampton | 4.6 miles | 21 | |
| Salem | 5.1 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 Q122598095 | 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 508659. 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.











