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Petri, Kentucky

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Hawesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42348. It stands on Muddy Gut. The Survey maps it on the Tell City quadrangle.

Petri within Hancock County

On record in Petri

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 22 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

10 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Petri between 1999 and 2013, burning about 181 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
Debris and open burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 June 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresHoosier National ForestSCHOOL
10 April 2013Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryOAK ROAD
11 March 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreHoosier National ForestBRUSHY FORK
29 February 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 February 2004Debris and open burning2.6 acresHoosier National ForestPONDEROSA FIRE
27 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined98 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 February 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreHoosier National ForestGIRL SCOUT RD FIRE
14 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hancock County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Petri: 7 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Contained or Metal, Stone. 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
HawesvilleAluminum, Contained or MetalProducer
Perry Co. Hwy. Dept.StoneProducer
No. 8 DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tell City DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
American Olean Tile Tract No. 1ClayProducer
American Olean Tile Tract No. 2ClayProducer
Can-Tex PitClayProducer
Cannelton MineClayUnknown
Lewisport Mine No. 3ClayUnknown
Owensboro Brick PlantClayProducer

Every working recorded in Hancock 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
Adair2.1 miles22
Hawesville3.2 miles22
Lewisport5.2 miles18
Chambers6.2 miles17
Skillman7.4 miles17
Tywhapity Bottoms (historical)7.7 miles16
Waitman7.9 miles18
Sunny Corner8.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508810. 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.