BlockSteamport Landing, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Sebree census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42455. It lies near Steamport Hill. The Survey maps it on the Beech Grove quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1908 USGS Calhoun quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Beech Grove quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Beech Grove quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Steamport Landing between 2005 and 2019, burning about 56 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BROKEN CHAIN FIRE |
| 29 March 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LINK ROAD |
| 17 February 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | POLE FIRE |
| 11 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 October 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BEER CAN |
| 18 October 2010 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | X FIRE |
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 Steamport Landing: 1 past producer, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Aluminum, Contained or Metal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Sebree Smelter | Aluminum, Contained or Metal | Plant | ||
| Roland Landing Sandstone Quarry | Silica | Past Producer |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122553799 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509122. 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.