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View, Kentucky

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the South Crittenden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42064. It lies near Clifty Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Salem quadrangle. It stands 440 feet above sea level.

View within Crittenden County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 21 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

22 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of View between 1998 and 2017, burning about 183 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/undetermined12
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
21 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBROWNS MI
28 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFRITZ RD.
25 June 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 April 2013Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBROWNS MINE RD.
14 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 April 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crittenden County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 55 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 55 workings within 5 miles of View: 27 past producers, 14 occurrences, 10 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bryant ProspectCobalt, Nickel, ZincProspect1901
Dike - Eaton Group Fluorspar MinesFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Barium-BariteProducer1900
Pigmy MineFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Western Kentucky DistrictFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, SilverPast Producer1914
Yandell MinesCobalt, Diatomite, Manganese, Nickel, ZincPast Producer1902
Blue MineFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Eva Tanguay MineFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
La RueFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, ZincPast Producer1933, 1934
Moore Hill Group Fluorspar MinesFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, ZincProducer1900
DavenportFluorine-Fluorite, ZincPast Producer1918, 1925

Every working recorded in Crittenden 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
Sisco Chapel (historical)2.2 miles21
Owens School (historical)2.4 miles18
Lilydale2.9 miles18
Frances3.0 miles18
Crayne3.0 miles20
New Salem3.3 miles21
Union (historical)3.4 miles21
Mexico3.5 miles18

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.

Wikipedia article on ViewAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7928731The 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 509289. 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.