BlockHarvieland, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Bald Knob census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40601. It lies near Stoney Creek Hill. The Survey maps it on the Polsgrove quadrangle.
On record in Harvieland
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
- Penn-Marshall Stone Houselisted 1975
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1906 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:48000
- 1908 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Polsgrove quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 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 Harvieland between 1999 and 2014, burning about 25 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 July 2007 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | COW PIE |
| 19 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 November 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Harvieland: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin County Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Thorn Hill Clay Bed | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
8 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harvieland in 8 storm reports between 2003 and 2019: 3 flash flood, 2 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. The reports record 2 deaths. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2003 | Flash Flood | Harvieland | 2 killed, $3,000,000 | A woman and her son were killed when their home was washed into Stony Creek, a tributary of the Kentucky River. Eight other homes were destroyed, and 32 others were damaged. Of the damaged homes, 21 were uninhabitable. Many vehicles were damaged and moved by the force of the flood waters. Several roads in the Harvieland and Bald Knob area northwest of Frankfort were washed out. Two school buses were trapped by high water in the area, but all aboard were rescued without injury. |
| March 2011 | Lightning | Harvieland | $100,000 | Lightning struck a tree and a cabin. The cabin was destroyed. |
| April 2008 | Flash Flood | Harvieland | $75,000 | A motorist drove into high water, and was rescued. Other cars were abandoned in high water. Fifteen to twenty roadways were under water in the county. Some locations included Devils Hollow Bridge Road, Wilkinson Boulevard, and sections of Holmes Street. |
| April 2015 | Flash Flood | Harvieland | $10,000 | Department of Highway officials reported that a high water rescue took place on O'nan Bend Rd as a car became submerged in high water. |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harvieland | - | A few trees blew down on the north side of Frankfort. |
| June 2014 | Flood | Harvieland | - | The Franklin County emergency manager reported that water covered the road in several spots along State Highway 421 northwest of Frankfort. The road was impassable in some places. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harvieland | - | A tree was toppled by thunderstorm winds near the intersection of Bald Knob and Bark Branch Roads. |
| April 2011 | Flood | Harvieland | - | Several road closures were reported including one vehicle washed off of the roadway on Bark Branch Rd. The humane society had to evacuate due to flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honeysuckle (historical) | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| Shadrick Ferry (historical) | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Bryant | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Glore (historical) | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Kennebec | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Harp (historical) | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Choateville | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Benson | 4.1 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508201. 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.