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Spring Hill, Kentucky

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Paducah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42001. It stands on Middle Fork Massac Creek. The Survey maps it on the Paducah West quadrangle.

Spring Hill within McCracken County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 22 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

29 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Spring Hill between 1997 and 2014, burning about 127 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/undetermined12
Recreation and ceremony10
Debris and open burning3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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
28 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 September 1999Smoking3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 August 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryMT. ZION C
16 August 2012Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySOUTH FRIE
1 August 2012Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryJOHNY KING
6 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFRIENDSHIP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McCracken 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 Spring Hill: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Massac Creek Clay BedFire Clay (Refractory)Prospect

Every working recorded in McCracken 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
Pleasant Grove (historical)1.4 miles22
Highland Church (historical)1.5 miles22
Langs (historical)1.5 miles22
Concord1.8 miles22
Lone Oak2.1 miles22
Massac2.5 miles22
Futrell3.2 miles22
Maxon3.3 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743794. 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.