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Victoria Crossroads, Kentucky

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Patesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42368. It lies near Mullens Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Fordsville quadrangle.

Victoria Crossroads within Hancock County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

20 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Victoria Crossroads between 1999 and 2016, burning about 282 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined7
Recreation and ceremony6
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
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
16 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 September 1999Smoking1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 April 2009Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
16 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 April 2001Debris and open burning11 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 April 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hancock 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 Victoria Crossroads: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Silica. 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
Indian Lake Sandstone BluffSilicaProspect
Newton Springs Church ClayClayProspect

Every working recorded in Hancock 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
Sanders1.7 miles11
Easton2.9 miles11
Patesville3.2 miles14
Scuffletown (historical)4.0 miles14
Arrington Corner4.2 miles14
Cabot4.3 miles11
Roseville4.6 miles12
Dukes5.4 miles14

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 Q122589812The 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 509288. 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.