Steeleville, Kentucky

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the New Concord census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42071. It stands on Green Creek. The Survey maps it on the Murray quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Steeleville within Calloway County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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.

1936 USGS Hazel quadrangle1:24000
1951 USGS Hazel quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1951 USGS Murray quadrangle1:62500
1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1969 USGS Murray quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1986 USGS Murray quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

16 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Steeleville (historical) between 1998 and 2012, burning about 378 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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/undetermined	6
Debris and open burning	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Fireworks	1
Smoking	1
Other causes	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Natural	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
7 September 2012	Natural	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	TAYLOR TRA
31 August 2007	Railroad operations and maintenance	4.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
22 August 2007	Smoking	311 acres	Tennessee Division of Forestry	CLAYTON TOWN INCIDENT
29 June 2012	Fireworks	2.0 acres	Tennessee Division of Forestry	PERKINS
23 March 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
9 February 2008	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Tennessee Division of Forestry	not named
21 February 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
1 February 1998	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calloway 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 Steeleville (historical): 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Clay Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Spinks Clay Number 10 Pit	Clay	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Spinks Clay Number 10 Pit	Clay	Unknown

Every working recorded in Calloway 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
Locust Grove (historical)	1.2 miles	13
Midway	1.7 miles	13
Hickory Grove (historical)	2.2 miles	13
Stone (historical)	2.3 miles	13
Craigtown (historical)	2.4 miles	13
Halfway (historical)	2.6 miles	13
Hazel	3.1 miles	13
New Providence	3.2 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743645. 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.