Pates, Kentucky

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Whitesville-Philpot census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42303. It lies near Pup Creek Bar (historical). The Survey maps it on the Owensboro East quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Pates within Daviess County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

1901 USGS Owensboro quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
1952 USGS Owensboro East quadrangle1:24000
1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Owensboro East quadrangle1:24000
1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1967 USGS Owensboro East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1986 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
1991 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

1 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Pates (historical) in 2010, burning about 1 acre 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	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
30 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	POWER TOWER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Daviess County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Pates (historical): 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Daviess County Dredge	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Kapco Dredge	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
No. 9 Dredge	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Rockport Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
W. L. Delker Dredge	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Daviess 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
Thruston	1.7 miles	18
Woodcrest	2.7 miles	18
Brownwood Manor	3.1 miles	18
Spice Knob	3.3 miles	16
Maceo	3.3 miles	16
Ensor	3.6 miles	16
Yelvington	4.0 miles	16
Covent Gardens (historical)	4.1 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2742943. 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.