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Saint Johns, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the St. Johns-Freemont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42003. The Survey maps it on the Melber quadrangle. It stands 463 feet above sea level.

Saint Johns within McCracken County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

27 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Saint Johns between 1997 and 2018, burning about 241 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony8
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
28 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use45 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 August 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
16 August 2012Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySOUTH FRIE
1 August 2012Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryJOHNY KING
7 March 2007Recreation and ceremony10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McCracken 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 Saint Johns: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Dunning MineClayPast Producer
Massac Creek Clay BedFire Clay (Refractory)Prospect

Every working recorded in McCracken 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
Kauffman1.5 miles12
Oak Grove1.8 miles12
Yopp2.0 miles12
Wurth2.7 miles12
Melber3.1 miles12
Freemont3.2 miles11
Sunny Slope (historical)3.3 miles11
Woods (historical)3.5 miles11

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 Saint JohnsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q30625847The 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 508998. 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.