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Stiles Crossing, Kentucky

24 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 42003. It stands on Yancy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Paducah East quadrangle.

Stiles Crossing within McCracken County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 24 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

19 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Stiles Crossing between 1997 and 2012, burning about 177 acres in total. None 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/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Debris and open burning1

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 1999Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
1 September 2007Smoking2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 March 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHOMES ROAD
2 March 2012Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPOSSUM TR
13 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 February 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined16 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McCracken 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 Stiles Crossing: 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Ball 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
Negro Fairgrounds ProspectBall ClayProspect
Federal Mine DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Floating Plant IngramSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Reidland1.5 miles24
Epperson1.8 miles24
Riverview1.8 miles24
Rudolph2.3 miles12
Shady Grove2.9 miles11
Oakdale3.6 miles24
Sheehan Bridge3.6 miles11
Bryans Ford3.9 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509131. 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.