BlockBallard, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Southwest Anderson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40342. It lies near Baxter Ridge. The Survey maps it on the McBrayer quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1905 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Mc Brayer quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Mc Brayer quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Ballard between 2002 and 2007, burning about 129 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 | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ballard in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 flash flood. 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 2017 | Flash Flood | Ballard | - | High water was flowing over Ballard Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sinai | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Hickory Grove | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Ashbrook | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Fox Creek | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Drydock | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Klondyke | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Anderson City | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Nevin | 5.8 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507444. 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.
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.