Paradise, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Drakesboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42326. It lies near Airdrie Hill. The Survey maps it on the Paradise quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Paradise within Muhlenberg County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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.

1909 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Paradise quadrangle1:24000
1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Paradise quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

59 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Paradise (historical) between 1998 and 2020, burning about 6,503 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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/undetermined	22
Debris and open burning	16
Arson/incendiarism	13
Recreation and ceremony	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Smoking	1
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
20 September 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
2 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	300 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
2 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	1,400 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
31 August 2010	Debris and open burning	265 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	NELSON CREEK 2
28 August 2007	Debris and open burning	1,200 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	DEAD DEER
26 August 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
23 August 2007	Debris and open burning	450 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	2 LEG FIRE
22 August 1999	Debris and open burning	35 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Muhlenberg 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
Cedardale (historical)	2.2 miles	15
Riverside (historical)	2.5 miles	11
Davenport Landing	4.0 miles	11
Brownie (historical)	4.2 miles	15
Nonnell	4.5 miles	15
Martwick	4.6 miles	15
Elk Valley (historical)	4.6 miles	15
Peanut (historical)	4.6 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 500167. 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.