Richland, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Madisonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42431. It stands on Richland Creek. The Survey maps it on the Madisonville West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1907 USGS Earlington quadrangle1:48000
- 1909 USGS Earlington quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Earlington quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Madisonville West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Madisonville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
29 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Richland between 2001 and 2016, burning about 354 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LABOR |
| 27 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LONE TREE FIRE |
| 22 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BULAH 109 |
| 20 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 74 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 31 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 114 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BIRDS NEST |
| 2 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LIGHTNING |
| 13 July 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 July 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROCK SPARK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Richland in 2 storm reports between 2006 and 2012: 1 heavy rain, 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oriole | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Pleasant View (historical) | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Southard | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Fiddle Bow | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Pee Vee | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Hecla | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| West Side Heights | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Earlington | 4.4 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 501811. 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.
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.







