Rankin, Kentucky

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.

• 1911 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
• 1914 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
• 1953 USGS Mill Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
• 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
• 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
• 1978 USGS Mill Springs quadrangle1:24000
• 1981 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:100000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Rankin between 1998 and 2016, burning about 423 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Steubenville
• Touristville
• Betsey
• Mill Springs
• Spann
• Eadsville

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508902. 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.