BlockFloydsburg, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pewee Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40014. It stands on Ashers Run. The Survey maps it on the Crestwood quadrangle.
On record in Floydsburg
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
- John Ritter Houselisted 1987
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1932 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Crestwood quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Crestwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Crestwood quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Crestwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Floydsburg: 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avoca Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Crestwood Mine Underground | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Crestwood Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Oldham County Stone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Floydsburg in 4 storm reports between 2015 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floydsburg | - | Trees and power lines were down on the 8000 block of Todds Point Road. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floydsburg | - | Dispatch reported a tree down on Mount Zion Road in Crestwood. |
| February 2018 | Flood | Floydsburg | - | Kentucky 362 closed due to high water and flooding. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Floydsburg | - | A law enforcement official reported high water and flash flooding over parts of Highway 22 in Oldham County. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crestwood | 1.1 miles | 12 | |
| Pewee Valley | 1.5 miles | 12 | |
| Rollington | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Fraziertown | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Park Lake | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Lake Louisvilla | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Glenarm | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Orchard Grass Hills | 3.4 miles | 16 |
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 Floydsburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5462593 | 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 492279. 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.
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.