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Sheridan, Kentucky

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the West Crittenden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42064. It stands on Kit Love Branch. The Survey maps it on the Salem quadrangle.

Sheridan within Crittenden County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 21 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

15 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Sheridan between 1999 and 2019, burning about 128 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Recreation and ceremony6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning2
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
28 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFRITZ RD.
14 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 March 2010Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 March 2010Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 March 2010Recreation and ceremony10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 March 2009Recreation and ceremony40 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 March 2014Recreation and ceremony10 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMIDWAY RD.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crittenden County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 72 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 72 workings within 5 miles of Sheridan: 30 past producers, 18 unknowns, 14 prospects, 7 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Zinc. 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
Bryant ProspectCobalt, Nickel, ZincProspect1901
Delhi-BabbFluorine-Fluorite, ZincPast Producer1918
Dike - Eaton Group Fluorspar MinesFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Barium-BariteProducer1900
Givens ProspectZinc, Nickel, Manganese, Cobalt, DiatomitePast Producer1900
Hickory Cane MineZinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, LeadPast Producer
La RueFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, ZincPast Producer1933, 1934
Columbia MineFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
K.K.MineFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Dike-Eaton GroupFluorine-Fluorite, ZincOccurrence
Old Jim MineZincUnknown

Every working recorded in Crittenden County

Storms near this place

5 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sheridan in 5 storm reports between 2000 and 2006: 4 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
September 2006Tornado (F1)Sheridan$100,000Numerous trees were topped or uprooted. One mobile home that was not tied down was destroyed. Several outbuildings were destroyed. Trees fell on the roofs of several homes. Many homes received minor roof damage. Peak winds were estimated near 100 MPH. This tornado was spawned by the same supercell thunderstorm that earlier produced a tornado in Livingston County, and would later produce another tornado in Webster County.
April 2002Tornado (F1)Sheridan$20,000This relatively weak, short-lived tornado was spawned by the same supercell thunderstorm that produced longer and more destructive tornadoes over Livingston County and eastern Crittenden and Webster Counties. Many trees were down, and a couple of trailers were destroyed or heavily damaged.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindSheridan$3,000Trees and power lines were down.
May 2003Tornado (F1)Sheridan-The damage from this tornado consisted mostly of downed trees.
May 2003Tornado (F1)Sheridan-The tornado downed numerous trees.

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
Glendale (historical)1.8 miles21
Siloem (historical)1.8 miles21
Liberty Grove (historical)2.1 miles21
Pleasant Grove (historical)2.7 miles21
Levias3.2 miles21
Midway3.4 miles21
Irma3.6 miles23
Union (historical)3.6 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509048. 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.