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Upper Hodge Landing, Kentucky

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Smithland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42058. It stands on Hodges Creek. The Survey maps it on the Little Cypress quadrangle.

Upper Hodge Landing within Livingston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 22 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

14 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Upper Hodge Landing between 1997 and 2020, burning about 137 acres in total. None 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
Recreation and ceremony5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
28 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
1 September 2007Smoking2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 March 2012Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPOSSUM TR
13 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 February 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined16 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 November 2008Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 November 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 November 2020Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryUS 60 HIGH SCHOLL FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Livingston 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 Upper Hodge Landing: 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Ball Clay. 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
Negro Fairgrounds ProspectBall ClayProspect
Federal Mine DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Floating Plant IngramSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Livingston 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
Ledbetter1.5 miles22
Crowell Landing2.6 miles22
Cooper Landing6.6 miles23
Stanley Landing7.6 miles23
Smithland7.7 miles21
Newbern8.0 miles23
Heater9.6 miles19
Lake City10.9 miles20

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 Q122569318The 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 509266. 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.