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Sidney, Kentucky

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Lawrenceburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40342. It lies near The Mound. The Survey maps it on the McBrayer quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Sidney within Anderson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

4 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Sidney (historical) between 2006 and 2012, burning about 74 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
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
16 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
27 June 2012Railroad operations and maintenance30 acresKentucky Division of ForestryOLD SAWMIL
3 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined38 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 November 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Anderson 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 Sidney (historical): 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
L.Z.Bond DepositLead, ZincOccurrence
Tyrone MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Anderson 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
Stringtown0.9 miles14
McBrayer1.5 miles11
Lawrenceburg2.8 miles14
Houchin (historical)3.3 miles12
Nevin3.5 miles11
Tyrone3.8 miles11
Fox Creek4.1 miles11
Hickory Grove5.8 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2566571. 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.