Johnstown, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Brandenburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40108. It stands on Blue Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Guston quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Johnstown within Meade County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 14 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.

1941 USGS Ekron quadrangle1:62500
1947 USGS Ekron quadrangle1:62500
1948 USGS Guston quadrangle1:24000
1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Guston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
1991 USGS Guston quadrangle1:24000
1991 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

20 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Johnstown (historical) between 2001 and 2014, burning about 115 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	9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Debris and open burning	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
7 April 2011	Railroad operations and maintenance	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	MEADE-OLIN PARK FIRE
2 April 2010	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
15 April 2010	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
11 April 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	40 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
9 March 2010	Recreation and ceremony	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
8 March 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
4 March 2009	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
4 March 2009	Recreation and ceremony	20 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Meade 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 Johnstown (historical): 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	No. 4 Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Meade 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Buck Grove	1.0 miles	14
Doe Valley	1.7 miles	16
Brandenburg Station	2.5 miles	14
Garrett	2.6 miles	16
Ekron	2.8 miles	14
Lickskillet	3.7 miles	16
Rock Haven	4.0 miles	16
Hog Wallow	4.0 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2742588. 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.