BlockClifton, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Danville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40422. It stands on Clarks Run. The Survey maps it on the Bryantsville quadrangle. It stands 856 feet above sea level.
On record in Clifton
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 2 records
- Clifton Baptist Church Complexlisted 1998
- Clifton Road Culvertlisted 1997
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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
- 1950 USGS Bryantsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Bryantsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Clifton in 2004, burning about 1 acre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
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 Clifton: 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danville Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| John Burdette Deposit | Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| Sandidge Veins | Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | Barite, Fluorite |
Storms near this place
1 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clifton in 1 storm report in 2021: 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Clifton | - | This tornado formed approximately 2 miles north of Clifton near Kings Ridge Road and tracked northeast for approximately 0.9 miles before crossing into northern Garrard County. The tornado continued approximately 2.1 miles into Garrard County before dissipating at 0411 EST. In Boyle County, The tornado began near the Old Bridge Golf Club where trees were uprooted and branches were broken. Then, the tornado crossed Herrington Lake into Garrard 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hedgeville | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Little Needmore | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Daugherty Station (historical) | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Fishers Station (historical) | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Meuxtown (historical) | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Indian Hills (historical) | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Beverly Hills | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Green Acres | 3.9 miles | 14 |
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 Clifton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690236 | 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 507716. 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.