BlockElliston, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Waco-Bybee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40385. It stands on Sand Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Moberly 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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Moberly Houselisted 1989 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1892 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:24000
- 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
18 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Elliston between 1998 and 2014, burning about 147 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GOODLOE CHAPEL RD FIRE |
| 31 August 1999 | Smoking | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 June 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BRASSFIELD |
| 24 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 April 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
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 Elliston: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hog Jowl Mountain Roadcut | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Portwood Clay | Clay | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waco | 0.6 miles | 15 | |
| Moberly | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Bybee | 1.7 miles | 15 | |
| Reeds Crossing | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| College Hill | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Union City | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Brassfield | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Speedwell | 4.7 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507929. 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.