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Utterback, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Murray census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42071. The Survey maps it on the Dexter quadrangle. It stands 541 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Utterback within Calloway County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

25 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Utterback (historical) between 1998 and 2013, burning about 47 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony9
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Debris and open burning1

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 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBETHEL RO
11 April 1998Smoking1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 March 2010Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 March 2009Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 March 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calloway County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Utterback (historical): 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Ball Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Murray MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
R.L. Wiggs Farm PitBall ClayProspect

Every working recorded in Calloway 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
North Murray1.5 miles13
Five Points1.7 miles13
Murray2.0 miles13
Bethel (historical)2.3 miles12
Penny2.4 miles12
East Murray (historical)2.5 miles13
West Murray3.3 miles13
South Murray3.8 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 Q16902430The 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 2743649. 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.