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Owens School, Kentucky

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the South Crittenden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42064. It stands on Clement Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dycusburg quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Owens School within Crittenden County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 18 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

20 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Owens School (historical) between 1998 and 2017, burning about 168 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/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning2

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
21 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBROWNS MI
25 June 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 April 2013Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBROWNS MINE RD.
25 April 2009Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
14 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 April 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crittenden County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 70 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 70 workings within 5 miles of Owens School (historical): 36 past producers, 14 prospects, 14 occurrences, 4 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Zinc, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Western Kentucky DistrictFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, SilverPast Producer1914
Yandell MinesCobalt, Diatomite, Manganese, Nickel, ZincPast Producer1902
Babb Group Fluorspar MinesFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Barium-BariteProducer1899
Blue MineFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Dike - Eaton Group Fluorspar MinesFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Barium-BariteProducer1900
Eva Tanguay MineFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
La RueFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, ZincPast Producer1933, 1934
Moore Hill Group Fluorspar MinesFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, ZincProducer1900
Babb-Barnes ConcentratorFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, ZincPlant
Babb-Barnes MineFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, ZincPast Producer1899, 1974

Every working recorded in Crittenden 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
Frances2.2 miles18
View2.4 miles21
New Salem3.2 miles21
Sisco Chapel (historical)4.2 miles21
Mexico4.2 miles18
Union (historical)4.2 miles21
Midway4.5 miles21
Lilydale4.6 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743698. 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.