BlockRankin, Kentucky
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Hebbardsville-Robards census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42420. It stands on East Fork Canoe Creek. The Survey maps it on the Henderson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1914 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:48000
- 1916 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Rankin between 1998 and 2014, burning about 69 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 March 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 March 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 47 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WINDING TRAIL |
| 10 November 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FENCEROW |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Rankin: 1 producer. 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henderson County Sand Company | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weaverton | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Finley Addition | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Anthoston | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Henderson | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| Graham Hill | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| Wilson | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Zion | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Rock Springs | 5.7 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508903. 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.