Coletown, Kentucky
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Lexington-Fayette Southeast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40515. The Survey maps it on the Coletown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1892 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Coletown quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Coletown quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Coletown quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1986 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Coletown in 2014, burning about 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 March 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | NEELY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Coletown: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond Road Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coletown in 5 storm reports between 2018 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coletown | $15,000 | Trees and power lines down on Armstrong Mill Road and Delong Road in Lexington. There were power lines down across a car with people inside. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Coletown | - | There was flowing water near where Delong meets Armstrong Mill Road. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coletown | - | Large tree limbs fell near the 1300 to 1400 block of Delong Road. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coletown | - | A large tree fell down across Crawley Lane. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Coletown | - | Quarter-sized hail was observed along Delong Road in southern Fayette 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Hickman | 1.6 miles | 19 | |
| Spears | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Southeastern Hills | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Athens | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Jonestown | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Lexington | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Gainesway | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Baralto | 5.3 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 489835. 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.








