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Tichenor, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Livermore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42327. The Survey maps it on the Utica quadrangle. It stands 413 feet above sea level.

Tichenor within McLean County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

12 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Tichenor between 2000 and 2012, burning about 203 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined6
Debris and open burning4
Natural1
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
29 September 2010Debris and open burning38 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHOUSE
14 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined110 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 August 2012Naturalunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryLONE OAK
10 June 2000Debris and open burning20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
20 April 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 March 2000Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 February 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McLean 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 Tichenor: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
H M MineFluorine-FluoritePast Producer

Every working recorded in McLean 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
Nuckols1.6 miles14
Briarfield (historical)2.5 miles14
Buel3.4 miles13
Livermore3.8 miles13
Reeves4.4 miles13
Underwood5.4 miles13
Glenville5.6 miles13
Dug Hill (historical)5.9 miles13

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 Q7800592The 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 2743134. 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.