South Columbia, Kentucky

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Columbia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42728. It stands on Brush Creek. The Survey maps it on the Columbia quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

South Columbia within Adair County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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.

1954 USGS Columbia quadrangle1:24000
1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Columbia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

27 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of South Columbia (historical) between 1998 and 2017, burning about 109 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
Debris and open burning	9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6
Arson/incendiarism	4
Recreation and ceremony	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	3
Equipment and vehicle use	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
13 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	35 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
25 August 2007	Recreation and ceremony	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
8 July 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
20 May 2014	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	BY-PASS
6 April 2010	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
6 April 2001	Arson/incendiarism	1.5 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
9 March 2007	Debris and open burning	8.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
9 March 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Adair 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 South Columbia (historical): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Butler Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Adair 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Hunter (historical)	0.9 miles	9
Longview (historical)	1.8 miles	9
Pelham Branch (historical)	1.8 miles	9
Tabor (historical)	2.1 miles	9
Bliss	2.1 miles	9
Columbia	2.1 miles	9
Flatwood	2.7 miles	9
Gadberry (historical)	2.9 miles	9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743410. 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.