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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.

Stubbs within Fulton County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

23 since 1999

Regional 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/undetermined14
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
26 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryKUDZU
24 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use50 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 April 2017Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBROWNSVILLE
6 March 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 March 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 March 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Carborundum Co/ Hickman, Ky.GraphiteProducer
Emma D. DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Fulton 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
Hickman1.4 miles17
Brownsville2.8 miles17
Anna Lynne4.5 miles13
Beech Grove (historical)4.6 miles17
Blue Pond5.0 miles13
Walnut Grove (historical)5.7 miles18
Mabel5.8 miles13
Cayce7.1 miles18

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 Q14691287The 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.