Stubbs, Kentucky
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hickman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42050. The Survey maps it on the Hickman quadrangle. It stands 381 feet above sea level.
On record in Stubbs
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Confederate Memorial Gateway in Hickmanlisted 1997 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1939 USGS Hickman quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Hickman quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Hickman quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Hickman quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1970 USGS Hickman quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Hickman quadrangle1:62500
- 1985 USGS Sikeston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
23 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Stubbs between 1999 and 2017, burning about 116 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | KUDZU |
| 24 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 April 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BROWNSVILLE |
| 6 March 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Stubbs: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Graphite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carborundum Co/ Hickman, Ky. | Graphite | Producer | ||
| Emma D. Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickman | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Brownsville | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Anna Lynne | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Beech Grove (historical) | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Blue Pond | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Walnut Grove (historical) | 5.7 miles | 18 | |
| Mabel | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Cayce | 7.1 miles | 18 |
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 Q14691287 | 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 2743922. 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.







