Zion, Kentucky

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Columbus census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42031. It stands on Cane Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oakton quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Zion within Hickman County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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.

1939 USGS Hickman quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1951 USGS Oakton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1954 USGS Hickman quadrangle1:62500
1955 USGS Hickman quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1970 USGS Oakton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1972 USGS Hickman quadrangle1:62500
1985 USGS Sikeston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

6 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Zion (historical) between 1997 and 2017, burning about 23 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	2
Debris and open burning	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
3 April 1997	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
4 March 2009	Recreation and ceremony	4.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
9 February 2009	Railroad operations and maintenance	15 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
8 February 2017	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	HARPER HAMS
5 November 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
5 November 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hickman County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Zion (historical): 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Chalk Bluff Sandstone	Silica	Prospect
Diana G. Dredge	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Dredge Delores	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Hickman 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Bluff	1.9 miles	18
South Columbus	2.1 miles	18
Scott	2.2 miles	18
Moss (historical)	2.3 miles	18
Midway (historical)	2.4 miles	18
Hailwell	2.7 miles	18
Columbus	3.3 miles	16
Oakton	3.6 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743930. 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.