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Repton, Kentucky

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the East Crittenden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42064. It stands on Mattoon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Repton quadrangle.

Repton within Crittenden County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 23 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

12 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Repton between 1997 and 2019, burning about 42 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
Recreation and ceremony4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Debris and open burning1

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
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySINKHOLE PASTURE
21 September 2019Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCOWNA STORE ROAD
27 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 April 2013Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCAULEY BROWN RD.
4 March 2017Debris and open burning4.5 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMT ZION CHURCH ROAD
27 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 March 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 February 1997Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crittenden County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Repton: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Cobalt, Manganese, Nickel, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Marion Mine & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Wallingford ProspectCobalt, Manganese, Nickel, ZincOccurrence1898

Every working recorded in Crittenden County

Storms near this place

3 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Repton in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2008Flash FloodRepton$20,000In Marion, some families were evacuated due to high water. The rescue squad assisted a mother and two children on Highway 1077 in Shady Grove. About a foot of water was over U.S. Highway 60 about three miles west of Marion. U.S. 60 was under several feet of water east of Marion, where a tractor-trailer became stranded. Several feet of water flooded U.S. Highway 641. Highway 91 was flooded and covered with large amounts of mud and rock.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindRepton$1,000Gust measured at Kentucky Mesonet site RPTN 4 miles northeast of Marion.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindRepton-This wind gust was measured at a Kentucky mesonet site.

Every storm recorded in Crittenden 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
Mattoon1.1 miles23
Stone (historical)2.1 miles23
Hoods2.6 miles23
Cave Springs (historical)2.8 miles13
Tribune3.1 miles14
Nunn3.7 miles13
Rosebud (historical)3.8 miles13
Baker (historical)4.0 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 514890. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.