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Grassy Lick, Kentucky

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Mount Sterling census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40353. The Survey maps it on the Sideview quadrangle.

Grassy Lick within Montgomery County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

6 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Grassy Lick between 2002 and 2011, burning about 12 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 September 2002Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySR 486
20 March 2011Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryAARONS RUN
27 November 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 November 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 November 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Grassy Lick: 1 producer. All of them 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Donaldson Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Montgomery County

Storms near this place

18 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grassy Lick in 18 storm reports between 2009 and 2022: 14 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2012Thunderstorm WindGrassy Lick$30,000Trees and power lines were blown down on US 460.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindGrassy Lick$500Dispatch relayed a report of trees blown down onto power lines on Howell Drennen Road southeast of Grassy Lick.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindGrassy Lick-Multiple trees were reported down at 3298 Prewitt-Grassy Lick Rd. near Mount Sterling, KY.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindGrassy Lick-Multiple trees were reported down at 3991 Grassy Lick Rd. near Mount Sterling, KY.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindGrassy Lick-Dispatch reported powerlines blown down west of Mount Sterling with a tree down on Sidney Drive in Mount Sterling.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindGrassy Lick-A trained spotter reported multiple trees were blown down. Damage to a barn as well as roofs of other outbuildings was incurred near the intersection of U.S. Highway 460 and Chiles Highway near Sideview northwest of Mount Sterling.
April 2017Funnel CloudGrassy Lick-Dispatch relayed a report of a brief funnel cloud near Grassy Lick on Grassy Lick Road.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindGrassy Lick-Trees were blown down at Prewitt Grassy Creek.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindGrassy Lick-Trees were blown down at the intersection of Donaldson and White Turkey and on Chiles Highway.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindGrassy Lick-Trees were blown down in Kiddville.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindGrassy Lick-Trees were blown down on Donaldson Rd near the Clark county line.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindGrassy Lick-Trees were blown down on Donaldson Rd near the Clark county line.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindGrassy Lick-A tree was blown down along Howell Drennon Road west of Mount Sterling.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindGrassy Lick-A barn was damaged on the Montgomery and Clark county line.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindGrassy Lick-Branches had to be removed from a roadway in order for vehicles to pass.
August 2009FloodGrassy Lick-Hinkston Creek was reported to be flooding and still rising, with portions of east Main Street, South Queen Street, and West Locust Street closed due to high water.
August 2009Flash FloodGrassy Lick-Substantial flooding reported at the intersection of Spencer and Whitaker Lanes on east side of town.
October 2014HailGrassy Lick-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Montgomery 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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Sideview2.4 miles7
Reid Village3.2 miles8
Aarons Run (historical)3.4 miles5
Prewitt4.2 miles8
Plum Lick (historical)4.3 miles5
Klondike4.4 miles8
Mount Sterling4.4 miles8
Calk (historical)4.6 miles8

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.

Wikidata item Q122553612The 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 493163. 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.