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Clifton, Kentucky

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Versailles census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40383. It stands on Rowes Run. The Survey maps it on the Tyrone quadrangle.

Clifton within Woodford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

2 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Clifton between 2010 and 2019, burning about 5 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
Debris and open burning1
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
13 November 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLOVERS LEAP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Woodford County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Clifton: 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc, 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
L.Z.Bond DepositLead, ZincOccurrence
Queen City Pit No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tyrone MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Storms near this place

3 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clifton in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 2 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2010FloodClifton$100,000Six to seven inches of rain fell over Mercer county from May 1-2. This caused major flooding on the Kentucky River that lasted many days before receding.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindClifton-A barn's roof was damaged off of Rose Lane.
April 2008FloodClifton-Sections of Clifton Road near the Kentucky River were closed due to high water. The U.S. Highway 60 Bypass in Versailles was closed.

Every storm recorded in Woodford 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
Millville3.5 miles17
McKees Crossroads3.6 miles11
Milner3.8 miles11
Jacksontown (historical)5.0 miles11
Versailles5.6 miles11
Duckers5.8 miles17
Woodford Village6.1 miles11
Bonita6.3 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 489670. 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.