BlockBriartown, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Springfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40069. It stands on Shay Branch. The Survey maps it on the Springfield quadrangle.
On record in Briartown
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 4 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Levi J. Smith Houselisted 1989 · 0.6 miles away
- Turner, S. F., and Company Steam Flouring and Grist Milllisted 1989 · 0.8 miles away
- Clements Houselisted 1989 · 0.9 miles away
- Walton Manor Cottagelisted 1977 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Briartown: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nally & Gibson Springfield | Limestone, General | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Briartown in 1 storm report in 2018: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2018 | Flash Flood | Briartown | - | There was high water over Booker Road southwest of Springfield. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield | 1.2 miles | 9 | |
| Saint Catharine | 1.3 miles | 7 | |
| Cisselville | 1.8 miles | 7 | |
| Jimtown | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Oakland (historical) | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Bearwallow | 4.0 miles | 7 | |
| Valley Hill | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Rineltown | 5.2 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 487876. 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.
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.