Palestine, Kentucky

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Shiloh census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42036. It stands on Burr Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hico quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Palestine 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.

1936 USGS Hico quadrangle1:24000
1942 USGS Hico quadrangle1:24000
1955 USGS Hico quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1955 USGS New Concord quadrangle1:62500
1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1986 USGS Murray quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

38 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Palestine (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 140 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	16
Recreation and ceremony	11
Debris and open burning	4
Smoking	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Equipment and vehicle use	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
2 September 2019	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area	FENTON 26
16 September 2008	Recreation and ceremony	3.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
30 August 1999	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
27 July 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
28 May 2010	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area	FENTON
24 May 2020	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area	FENTON
12 May 1997	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
7 April 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calloway County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Palestine (historical): 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Fort Payne Chert	Silica	Prospect
Jonathan Creek Clay	Clay	Prospect
Sugar Creek Clay	Clay	Prospect

Every working 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Hico	0.6 miles	13
Liberty (historical)	2.3 miles	13
Shiloh	4.0 miles	13
Independence (historical)	4.2 miles	13
Faxon	4.3 miles	13
Sugar Creek (historical)	4.5 miles	13
Lone Oak (historical)	5.2 miles	13
Temple Hill (historical)	5.4 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743639. 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.