Ballard, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the West Menifee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40322. It stands on Falling Timber Branch. The Survey maps it on the Frenchburg quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Ballard within Menifee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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.

1892 USGS Beattyville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1952 USGS Frenchburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
1977 USGS Frenchburg quadrangle1:24000
1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

40 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Ballard (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 718 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 were 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
Debris and open burning	15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	13
Arson/incendiarism	4
Recreation and ceremony	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2

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
8 September 2007	Recreation and ceremony	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
20 September 2019	Debris and open burning	25 acres	Daniel Boone National Forest	AMOS RIDGE
9 April 2013	Railroad operations and maintenance	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	AMOS RIDGE
6 April 2010	Debris and open burning	50 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	ROTHWELL HILL
5 April 2014	Debris and open burning	19 acres	Daniel Boone National Forest	BOWEN
30 April 2001	Arson/incendiarism	15 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
3 April 2019	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	LOWER CANE CREEK
3 April 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	8.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Menifee County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Ballard (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
	Indian Creek Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Menifee 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
Fagan	0.4 miles	12
Hawkins Branch (historical)	1.4 miles	12
Coburn (historical)	1.5 miles	12
Myers Fork (historical)	1.8 miles	12
Peter Trace (historical)	2.0 miles	12
Cornwell	3.0 miles	12
Rothwell	3.3 miles	12
Rebelsville (historical)	3.5 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2400747. 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.