BlockDoylesville, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Boonesborough-White Hall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40475. It stands on Clear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Union City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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 Union City quadrangle1:24000, 4 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
7 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Doylesville between 1999 and 2010, burning about 29 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 31 August 1999 | Smoking | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 December 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 November 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WEDDLES MILL |
| 31 October 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 October 1999 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 January 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Doylesville in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 2 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2008 | Flash Flood | Doylesville | $50,000 | Several basements were flooded. Some county roads were closed due to high water. There was a landslide on Red House Road north of Richmond. |
| May 2010 | Flood | Doylesville | $10,000 | The Kentucky River at Ford Lock crested at 32.3 feet around 1015 AM EST on May 3. Flood stage at Ford is 26 feet. At this level, some offices at the Fort Boonesborough State Park are flooded, and some homes along Kentucky Highway 388 are threatened by flood waters. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Doylesville | - | A tree fell down. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Doylesville | - | The public reported water over Doylesville Road near Clear Creek. This quickly flowing water was around one half foot deep. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union City | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| College Hill | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Redhouse | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Waco | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| Elliston | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| Moberly | 7.2 miles | 15 | |
| Boonesborough | 7.4 miles | 15 | |
| Bybee | 7.9 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507873. 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.
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.