Vicksburg, Kentucky
19 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 42083. It lies near Haw Hill. The Survey maps it on the Burna quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 19 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.
- 1929 USGS Smithland quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1936 USGS Smithland quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Smithland quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Burna quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
16 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Vicksburg between 1999 and 2016, burning about 136 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/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SCOTTS CHAPEL RD. |
| 6 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 August 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | EVELYN RD |
| 4 March 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FAULKNER LANE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Vicksburg: 6 past producers, 4 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dyers Hill Fluorspar Deposits | Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Cadmium, Germanium, Gallium | Past Producer | 1950, 1956 | |
| Hutson Zinc Mine | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Jesse Walker Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Larkin Croft Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Smithland Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Smithland Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Valley Divide Clay Bed | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Dyers Hill Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1955 | |
| Klondike Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1950 | |
| Royal Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vicksburg in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2019: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Vicksburg | $20,000 | Numerous trees were uprooted and snapped along the three-quarter mile path. The tornado was in a very rural area about four miles northeast of Smithland. Peak winds were estimated near 110 mph. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vicksburg | $8,000 | A house trailer was damaged between Smithland and Tiline. The residents were evacuated. An attached shed was torn 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lemen Landing | 1.0 miles | 19 | |
| Moxley Landing | 1.4 miles | 19 | |
| Mitchell Landing | 2.3 miles | 19 | |
| Miller Landing | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| Mullikin Junction | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Heater | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Burna | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Tiline | 4.8 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509286. 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.











