Pugh, Kentucky

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Calvert City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42025. It stands on Bloodyshin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Briensburg quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Pugh within Marshall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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.

1936 USGS Benton quadrangle1:48000
1936 USGS Briensburg quadrangle1:24000
1938 USGS Briensburg quadrangle1:24000
1955 USGS Benton quadrangle1:62500
1955 USGS Briensburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1969 USGS Briensburg quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Murray quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

21 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Pugh (historical) between 1998 and 2016, burning about 146 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8
Recreation and ceremony	7
Debris and open burning	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
6 September 2010	Recreation and ceremony	3.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	WHISPERING HILLS
23 September 2015	Recreation and ceremony	10 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	LITTLE BEAR CREEK FIRE
21 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	MARSHALL
27 August 2007	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
12 August 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	30 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
4 June 2007	Recreation and ceremony	4.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
3 April 2013	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Kentucky Division of Forestry	198 STATE ROUTE 1710
2 April 2011	Recreation and ceremony	8.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	WINDSOR DRIVE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marshall County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Pugh (historical): 1 prospect, 1 plant, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Chromium, Manganese, Iron. 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
(Facility) Calvert City Smelter	Chromium, Manganese	Plant
Briensburg Shale	Clay	Prospect
Tenn Forging Steel/ Calvert City Ky	Iron	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Marshall 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
Locust Grove (historical)	2.0 miles	13
Palma	2.2 miles	12
Lone Valley (historical)	2.6 miles	13
Tatumsville	2.7 miles	13
Draffenville	2.9 miles	13
Bethel	3.7 miles	13
Angle Creek	4.1 miles	22
Scale	4.1 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743732. 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.