Stringtown, Kentucky

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Rochester census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42261. It stands on Grassy Lick Creek. The Survey maps it on the South Hill quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Stringtown within Butler County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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.

1911 USGS Dunmor quadrangle1:48000
1914 USGS Dunmor quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS South Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

17 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Stringtown (historical) between 2000 and 2017, burning about 100 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
Debris and open burning	5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Recreation and ceremony	3
Arson/incendiarism	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Smoking	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
12 August 2002	Smoking	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
7 April 2001	Arson/incendiarism	10 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
19 April 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
9 March 2001	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
6 March 2012	Recreation and ceremony	3.2 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	DUNMORE CR
24 March 2001	Debris and open burning	25 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
12 March 2007	Recreation and ceremony	3.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
7 February 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	25 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butler 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 Stringtown (historical): 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
	Park City Quarry & Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Plant

Every working recorded in Butler 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
McCoytown (historical)	1.2 miles	11
Hickory Stand (historical)	1.7 miles	11
South Hill	1.7 miles	11
Leetown	2.5 miles	14
Dunbar	2.7 miles	11
Townsville (historical)	2.7 miles	11
Silver City	2.8 miles	11
Carved Rock (historical)	3.6 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2742351. 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.