Spa, Kentucky
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Lewisburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42256. It stands on Duck Lick Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sharon Grove quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1952 USGS Sharon Grove quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Hopkinsville quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
13 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Spa between 2005 and 2014, burning about 70 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 August 2007 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 April 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LOGAN RAILROAD |
| 17 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 March 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 March 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | EPLEY STATION |
| 12 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Spa: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frazier Hollow Prospect | Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Kentucky Flagstone Company Quarry | Silica | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spa in 1 storm report in 2015: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spa | - | Several trees were reported down by the public, along Green Ridge Spa Rd. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stewarts Ridge (historical) | 1.9 miles | 8 | |
| Duncan Ridge (historical) | 2.6 miles | 7 | |
| Henrysville (historical) | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Jerico | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Everett | 3.1 miles | 7 | |
| Edwards | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Lewisburg | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Bibbtown (historical) | 3.6 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 504017. 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.



