Pinckneyville, Kentucky
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Salem census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42078. It stands on Cypress Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dycusburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1928 USGS Eddyville quadrangle1:48000
- 1931 USGS Eddyville quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Eddyville quadrangle1:48000
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Dycusburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Eddyville quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
21 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Pinckneyville between 1999 and 2017, burning about 163 acres in total. 1 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 | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | EVELYN RD |
| 6 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BROWNS MI |
| 23 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BROWNS MINE RD. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Pinckneyville: 12 past producers, 4 prospects, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Clay, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hutson Zinc Mine | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Jesse Walker Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Mineral Ridge - Claylick Fluorspar Mines | Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead | Producer | 1870 | |
| Yandell Mines | Cobalt, Diatomite, Manganese, Nickel, Zinc | Past Producer | 1902 | |
| Bennett-Shelby | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1900, 1926 | |
| Billy Owl Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Cullen Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Cullen No2 | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1968 | |
| Eagle-Butlar Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Eagle-Cullen | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1899 |
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pinckneyville in 1 storm report in 2016: 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Pinckneyville | $40,000 | A house in Smithland was evacuated by emergency personnel due to flooding. Floodwaters surrounded a house in Ledbetter. Between Ledbetter and Smithland, Kentucky Highway 937 was washed out. Highway 2232 in the Tiline area was underwater. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tiline | 1.0 miles | 18 | |
| Mitchell Landing | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Moxley Landing | 3.5 miles | 19 | |
| Vicksburg | 4.9 miles | 19 | |
| Mullikin Junction | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Salem | 5.3 miles | 21 | |
| Lemen Landing | 5.8 miles | 19 | |
| Heater | 5.9 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 500661. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.












