Flat Rock, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Fredonia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42411. It sits by Fort Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Crider quadrangle. It stands 512 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1908 USGS Princeton quadrangle1:62500
- 1910 USGS Princeton quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Crider quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Crider quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Madisonville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Flat Rock between 1999 and 2019, burning about 91 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 902 FIRE |
| 24 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CAMBELL |
| 7 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CRESWELL H |
| 7 March 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | R WHITE ROAD |
| 24 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Flat Rock: 7 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tabb Group Fluorspar Mines | Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite | Producer | 1903 | |
| Vinson Deposit | Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc | Prospect | 1962 | |
| Eddie Crowder Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Gilbert Williamson Deposit | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| S.L.Crook Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Schwench Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Senator Main Shaft | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Walker Fluorspar Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Warren Fluorspar Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enon | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Creswell | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Farmersville | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Rufus | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Briarfield-Union Grove (historical) | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Bakers | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Fredonia | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| Crider | 5.3 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.
| Wikipedia article on Flat Rock | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690403 | 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 492203. 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.







