BlockEastwood, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Floyds Fork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40245. It stands on Brush Run. The Survey maps it on the Fisherville quadrangle.
On record in Eastwood
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Robert Hord Houselisted 1983
Long Run Baptist Church and Cemeterylisted 1975
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.
- 1929 USGS Taylorsville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Fisherville quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Fisherville quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Fisherville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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 Eastwood: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avoca Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eastwood in 5 storm reports between 2014 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eastwood | - | Trees and power lines were downed by strong winds in Eastwood. |
| February 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eastwood | - | Public reported trees down in the area. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Eastwood | - | Nickel size hail was reported to the NWS by the public. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eastwood | - | A public report was received that indicated large limbs and 1 large tree fell down as a result of severe thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eastwood | - | Local law enforcement reported trees down along Eastwood...Fisherville Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Eastwood | 0.3 miles | 12 | |
| Old Eastwood | 0.4 miles | 12 | |
| Boston | 1.1 miles | 12 | |
| Beckley | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Long Run | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Avoca | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Fisherville | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Clark | 3.6 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 491524. 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.
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.