BlockEllisville, Kentucky
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Headquarters census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40311. The Survey maps it on the Piqua quadrangle.
On record in Ellisville
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
James Ellis Stone Tavernlisted 1976
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 5 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.
- 1952 USGS Piqua quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Ellisville between 1999 and 2011, burning about 100 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 | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 February 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 November 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | NICHOLAS COUNTY |
| 23 October 2010 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MT TABOR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ellisville in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2018: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellisville | $250,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged about twelve homes along U.S. Highway 68. A barn was heavily damaged, and several outbuildings were destroyed. Numerous trees were downed. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellisville | - | Multiple trees were reported down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barterville | 2.7 miles | 5 | |
| Hickory Ridge (historical) | 2.7 miles | 6 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Myers | 4.5 miles | 7 | |
| Headquarters | 5.4 miles | 6 | |
| Carlisle | 5.5 miles | 6 | |
| Barefoot | 5.6 miles | 5 | |
| Morning Glory | 6.8 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507930. 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.