Van Cleave, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Shiloh census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42020. The Survey maps it on the Hico quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1936 USGS Hico quadrangle1:24000
- 1942 USGS Hico quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Hico quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS New Concord quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Murray quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
32 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Van Cleave between 1997 and 2013, burning about 187 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/undetermined | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BETHEL RO |
| 7 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Van Cleave: 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Ball Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murray Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| R.L. Wiggs Farm Pit | Ball Clay | Prospect | ||
| Sugar Creek Clay | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Van Cleave in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Van Cleave | 1 hurt, $15,000 | A man was injured when thunderstorm winds caused a tree to fall on his vehicle on Rockwood Rd. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Van Cleave | $25,000 | The damaging winds that struck Murray continued east across the eastern portion of the county. Large trees from 12 to 18 inches in diameter were uprooted off Kentucky 464 in northeast Calloway County. Power lines were down. A double-wide mobile home was overturned on Kentucky 94 east of Murray. Nearby, the top of a silo was blown off. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethel (historical) | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Temple Hill (historical) | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Shiloh | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Outland (historical) | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Pottertown | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Almo | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| East Murray (historical) | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Independence (historical) | 3.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509271. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





