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Raydure, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Tompkinsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42167. It lies near Dodson Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Blacks Ferry quadrangle. It stands 571 feet above sea level.

Raydure within Monroe County

On record in Raydure

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

79 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Raydure between 1998 and 2017, burning about 1,051 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 24 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/undetermined26
Arson/incendiarism24
Debris and open burning17
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
Natural2
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
15 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 July 2012Naturalunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryJUNGLE
23 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 April 2010Debris and open burning29 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
27 April 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLEONARD WATSON FIRE
12 April 2010Debris and open burning8.0 acresTennessee Division of ForestryROCK SPRINGS RD
11 April 2007Debris and open burning31 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Raydure: 6 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Oil Shale, Zinc, Uranium, Oil Shale. 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
Outcrop Sample For UraniumUranium, Oil ShaleOccurrence
Deep Well-Sphalerite OccurrenceZincOccurrenceSphalerite
Deep Well-Sphalerite OccurrenceZincOccurrence
Outcrop Sample For UraniumUranium, Oil ShaleOccurrence
Outcrop Sample For UraniumUranium, Oil ShaleOccurrence
Outcrop Sample For UraniumUranium, Oil ShaleOccurrence

Every working recorded in Monroe 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
Martinsburg0.5 miles14
Vernon1.9 miles13
Johnstonville (historical)2.4 miles14
Blythe4.1 miles13
Coe4.3 miles13
Otia5.4 miles13
Meshack6.7 miles13
Hestand8.0 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 RaydureAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14691136The 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 508905. 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.