Suwanee, Kentucky
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Eddyville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42055. It lies near Iron Hill. The Survey maps it on the Grand Rivers quadrangle. It stands 433 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 20 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.
- 1928 USGS Eddyville quadrangle1:48000
- 1931 USGS Eddyville quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Eddyville quadrangle1:48000
- 1936 USGS Grand Rivers quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Eddyville quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Grand Rivers quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Grand Rivers quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Grand Rivers quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
27 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Suwanee between 1997 and 2020, burning about 371 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 | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 2002 | Smoking | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area | WILCOX CEMETERY |
| 3 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area | NICKELL |
| 11 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 221 acres | Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area | NICKELL BRANCH |
| 14 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 May 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area | GRAFFITI |
| 4 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Suwanee: 1 producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reed Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuttawa | 1.8 miles | 20 | |
| Carmack | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Cross Road | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Antioch (historical) | 4.9 miles | 20 | |
| Eddyville | 5.4 miles | 19 | |
| Indian Hills | 5.8 miles | 19 | |
| Twin Lakes | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Fairview | 6.4 miles | 19 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Suwanee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14691299 | 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 509168. 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.















