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New Providence, Kentucky

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the New Concord census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42049. The Survey maps it on the New Concord quadrangle.

New Providence within Calloway County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

19 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of New Providence between 1998 and 2012, burning about 442 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 burning5
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Other causes1
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
9 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use28 acresTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
30 August 1999Debris and open burning20 acresTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
22 August 2007Smoking311 acresTennessee Division of ForestryCLAYTON TOWN INCIDENT
11 July 2012Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresTennessee Division of ForestrySWEATT
29 June 2012Fireworks2.0 acresTennessee Division of ForestryPERKINS
5 April 2006Debris and open burning10 acresTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
10 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calloway County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of New Providence: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Spinks Clay Number 10 PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Spinks Clay Number 10 PitClayUnknown
Blood River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Tennessee Asphalt Company #2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Tennessee Asphalt Company No. 2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Calloway County

Storms near this place

4 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Providence in 4 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 2 heavy rain, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2018LightningNew Providence$1,000A tree was struck by lightning and fell down on a road.
May 2024Flash FloodNew Providence-Flash flooding, with up to 3 ft of water over the road, occurred at Speaker Trail on KY-121. Radar estimated 3 inches of rain fell through the morning in the area.
July 2015Heavy RainNew Providence-Water was over Highway 121 between mile markers 3 and 4, southeast of Murray. High water signs were posted, but the road was not closed.
January 2012Heavy RainNew Providence-Several roads were flooded, but all of them were reopened by the morning commute.

Every storm recorded in Calloway 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.

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 499380. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.