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Rhoda, Kentucky

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Brownsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42210. The Survey maps it on the Rhoda quadrangle. It stands 568 feet above sea level.

Rhoda within Edmonson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

14 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Rhoda between 1999 and 2014, burning about 30 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.

Reported cause Fires
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMammoth Cave National ParkLITTLE FIR
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresKentucky Division of ForestryOAK GROVE CHURCH FIRE
30 June 2012Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryNOAH BLEDS
4 April 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMammoth Cave National ParkBLUFFS01
19 April 2014Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPIG ROAD
16 April 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMammoth Cave National ParkTAURUS
26 March 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 March 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Edmonson County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Rhoda: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Vincent Prospect PitFire Clay (Refractory)Prospect

Every working recorded in Edmonson County

Storms near this place

1 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rhoda in 1 storm report in 2006: 1 hail. 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 2006HailRhoda-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Edmonson 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
Arthur1.7 miles23
Chalybeate2.1 miles23
Pig3.3 miles23
Brownsville3.4 miles13
Cedar Spring4.5 miles24
Elko4.8 miles23
Nick4.9 miles13
Lindseyville6.6 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 RhodaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7320828The 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 501753. 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.