BlockElliston, Kentucky
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Williamstown-Dry Ridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41035. It stands on Napoleon Branch. The Survey maps it on the Elliston quadrangle.
On record in Elliston
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 1 record
Ford Stone Houselisted 1980
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1950 USGS Elliston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Falmouth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Elliston between 1998 and 2006, burning about 28 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 March 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 February 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 November 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 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 Elliston in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2012: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 flash 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elliston | $12,000 | A roof was damaged on a home due to damaging thunderstorm winds. In addition, trees and power poles were reported down due to the winds. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Elliston | $10,000 | A water rescue occurred on Mt Zion Elliston Road due to heavy rain which caused flash flooding. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Elliston | $3,000 | Eagle and Stevens Creeks both came out of their banks in various locations across the western part of the county. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elliston | $1,000 | A tree was reported downed near Elliston due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folsom | 1.6 miles | 7 | |
| Zion Station | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Jericho | 3.9 miles | 7 | |
| Mount Zion | 4.6 miles | 7 | |
| Four Corners | 6.5 miles | 7 | |
| Delia | 6.5 miles | 7 | |
| Downingsville | 6.6 miles | 7 | |
| Jonesville | 6.7 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 491724. 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.