BlockElk Chester, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Lexington-Fayette Southwest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40510. It stands on Manchester Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lexington West quadrangle.
On record in Elk Chester
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- William Conant Houselisted 1991 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1906 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Lexington West quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Lexington West quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Lexington West quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Lexington West quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1986 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
1 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elk Chester in 1 storm report in 2022: 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2022 | Lightning | Elk Chester | $50,000 | A barn was struck by lightning, resulting in three horse fatalities. Cost of damages are unknown. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westmoreland | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| Van Meter | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Fort Spring | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Yarnallton | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Little Georgetown | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Frogtown | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Paynes | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Bracktown | 3.3 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 Q122595062 | 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 491648. 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.
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.