BlockEast Hickman, 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. It stands on Shelby Branch. 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 East Hickman 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
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of East Hickman: 1 producer, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lexington Quarry Company | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc | Producer | ||
| Miss Kate | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc | Plant |
Storms near this place
6 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Hickman in 6 storm reports between 2013 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Hickman | - | Several trees blew down along Delong Road and Walnut Hill Road in southern Fayette County. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Hickman | - | A homeowner, on the 9400 block of Hickory Hill Road, stated around 20 trees blew down in her yard. A large barn in the area was also blown down. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Hickman | - | There was a large tree down on Crawley Lane. |
| August 2014 | Flood | East Hickman | - | The public reported that East Hickman Creek, located 3 miles south of Lexington, was out of its banks. During this same hour, the Fayette County emergency manager reported high water on several roads, although none were closed. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Hickman | - | A spotter relayed a report of several trees down along Tate's Creek Road south of Lexington. Scattered power outages developed around this neighborhood as well. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | East Hickman | - | The Fayette County emergency manager reported several roads closed due to high water across Lexington. Some of these roads include Tahoe, Tate's Creek,and Parker's Mill Roads. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coletown | 1.6 miles | 19 | |
| Spears | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Jonestown | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Southeastern Hills | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Gainesway | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Lexington | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Baralto | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Stoneybrook | 4.8 miles | 15 |
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 Q122565393 | 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 491486. 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.