BlockDemplytown, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pewee Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40014. It stands on Darby Fork. The Survey maps it on the La Grange quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1932 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Demplytown in 2000, 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 March 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Demplytown: 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crestwood Mine Underground | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Crestwood Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Joe Clark Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Oldham County Stone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Point | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Buckner | 1.8 miles | 12 | |
| Glenarm | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Brownsboro | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Park Lake | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Elder Park (historical) | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Skylight | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Crestwood | 4.2 miles | 12 |
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 Q122556824 | 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 507844. 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.