BlockBracktown, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Lexington-Fayette Northwest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40511. It stands on Wolf Run. The Survey maps it on the Lexington West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1906 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Lexington West quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Lexington West quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Lexington West quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Lexington West quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1986 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Bracktown in 2010, burning about 25 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CORN HOLE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bracktown: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Tungsten. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semicon Assoc./ Lexington, Ky. | Tungsten | Producer | ||
| Georgetown Road Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Lexington Underground No. 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bracktown in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2017: 3 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bracktown | 3 hurt | A tent was blown over at the Bluegrass fair in Masterson Station Park. Three people were reported to be injured. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bracktown | $75,000 | A NWS Storm Survey team observed straight line wind damage at Masterson Station near Blackburn Correctional Facility where over 50 trees were snapped or uprooted, many of which were cedars or other conifers. All the damage was from the west-southwest to east-northeast. On the prison property, a metal outbuilding door and part of the roof sustained damage. Winds were estimated at 60 to 70 mph. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bracktown | $5,000 | A broadcast meteorologist relayed a report that Leestown Road was closed due to downed electrical poles across the roadway. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viley | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Yarnallton | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Greendale | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Sandersville | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Meadowthorpe | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Highlands | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Holiday Hills | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Paynes | 3.0 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122572296 | The 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 487786. 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.