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Protemus, Kentucky

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hazel-Lynn Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42071. The Survey maps it on the Lynn Grove quadrangle. It stands 545 feet above sea level.

Protemus within Calloway County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

37 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Protemus between 1997 and 2015, burning about 201 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined25
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
29 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 September 2008Railroad operations and maintenance8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
20 June 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
1 April 2015Recreation and ceremony1.8 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFAIRBANKS ROAD FIRE
1 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHONEY BEE LANE
3 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calloway County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Protemus: 4 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Ball Clay, Clay. 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
Burton ShaleClayProspect
Cooley No. 10 PitBall ClayPast Producer
Cooley No. 9 PitBall ClayPast Producer
Farmington Clay MineClayProducer
Dixon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Dixon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Dixon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Harris Grove3.0 miles10
Lynn Grove3.3 miles10
Wiswell5.3 miles10
Crossland6.4 miles10
Bakers Crossroads6.5 miles13
Coldwater6.8 miles11
Stella7.4 miles11
West Murray7.9 miles13

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on ProtemusAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14691122The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508880. 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.