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Big Eddy, Kentucky

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Frankfort census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40601. It stands on Vaughn Branch. The Survey maps it on the Frankfort East quadrangle. It stands 515 feet above sea level.

Big Eddy within Franklin County

On record in Big Eddy

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

1 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Big Eddy in 2019, burning about 3 acres in total. 1 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
Natural1

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
3 July 2019Natural3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryJIM BEAM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Big Eddy: 2 producers, 2 prospects, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Queen City Pit No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Branch Junction ClayClayProspect
Franklin County MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Glenns CreekStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Thorn Hill Clay BedClayProspect

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

6 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Big Eddy in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2020Thunderstorm WindBig Eddy-A tree blew down near the Old Capitol parking structure of Kentucky 420.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindBig Eddy-A tree fell down on a car on Old Lawrenceburg Road.
August 2018Flash FloodBig Eddy-Significant flooding reporting on Interstate 64 eastbound near the Kentucky River.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindBig Eddy-There were more than 2 dozen reports of trees down across the southern part of the county south of Frankfort.
June 2017Flash FloodBig Eddy-Local law enforcement reported Big Eddy Road covered by 6 to 8 inches of high water.
May 2011FloodBig Eddy-Multiple roads were closed due to flooding including Big Eddy Rd. at 420 and the entrances to Two Creeks Subdivision. Also, Old Lawrenceburg Rd. from Todd St. to the east-west connector was closed due to a mud slide.

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
Fox Gap (historical)1.6 miles16
Frankfort2.3 miles17
Bon Air Hills2.4 miles17
Jett2.4 miles17
Choateville3.3 miles16
Slickway3.3 miles17
Indian Hills3.6 miles17
Kennebec3.9 miles16

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 Big EddyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4905636The 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 507507. 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.

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.