BlockEsto, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Jamestown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42629. It stands on Perkins Creek. The Survey maps it on the Russell Springs quadrangle. It stands 925 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Russell Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Russell Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Esto between 1999 and 2020, burning about 25 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 March 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 February 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 619 |
| 18 October 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PROVIDENCE CHURCH RD. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Esto: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mcclure Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Esto in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2018: 2 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Esto | $100,000 | Numerous roads across the county were closed due to flash flooding. A total of eight to ten inches of rain fell across Russell county from May 1-2. |
| May 2018 | Flash Flood | Esto | - | A creek was overflowing its banks and flowing over the roadway for a short time. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Esto | - | The Russell County Airport AWOS (KY24) measured a 53 kt wind gust. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rose Crossroads | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| Middletown | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| Jamestown | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Russell Springs | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Royville | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Olga | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Karlus | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Sewellton | 4.7 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Esto | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690373 | 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 507950. 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.
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.