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South Highland, Kentucky

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mayfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42066. It stands on Torian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mayfield quadrangle.

South Highland within Graves County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

31 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of South Highland between 1997 and 2012, burning about 92 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/undetermined16
Recreation and ceremony8
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Debris and open burning1
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
24 September 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryGRAVES 9008
19 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLOSS DIRT
14 September 2007Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
1 September 2007Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 August 2007Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 August 2007Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 March 2010Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Graves County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of South Highland: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Ball Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Graves County MinesClayProducer
Mayfield Kentucky Ball ClayBall ClayProducerKaolinite, Quartz
Riley MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Graves 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
Payne1.8 miles11
Sedalia3.4 miles12
Mayfield3.9 miles11
Stubblefield4.2 miles11
Pryorsburg4.3 miles11
Farmington5.8 miles12
Wingo6.4 miles11
Cuba7.0 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 503955. 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.