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Kenton, Kentucky

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Piner-Visalia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41063. It stands on Redmond Branch. The Survey maps it on the De Mossville quadrangle. It stands 528 feet above sea level.

Kenton within Kenton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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.

Photographs

8 of 9 photographs shown,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Covington & Cincinnati Suspension Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, Covington, KY-Cincinnati, OH, Covington, Kenton County, KY
Covington & Cincinnati Suspension Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, Covington, KY-Cincinnati, OH, Covington, Kenton County, KY
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Old Closson House, Closson Court & Ringold Streets, Ludlow, Kenton County, KY
Old Closson House, Closson Court & Ringold Streets, Ludlow, Kenton County, KY
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Champion Ice Manufacturing & Cold Storage Company, 40 East Second Street, Covington, Kenton County, KY
Champion Ice Manufacturing & Cold Storage Company, 40 East Second Street, Covington, Kenton County, KY
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
VonHoene Building, 618 Main Street, Covington, Kenton County, KY
VonHoene Building, 618 Main Street, Covington, Kenton County, KY
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Boro Brothers Building, 116-120 East Second Street, Covington, Kenton County, KY
Boro Brothers Building, 116-120 East Second Street, Covington, Kenton County, KY
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Elmwood Hall, 246 Forest Avenue, Ludlow, Kenton County, KY
Elmwood Hall, 246 Forest Avenue, Ludlow, Kenton County, KY
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Boro Brothers Building, Confectionary & Saloon, 118-120 East Second Street, Covington, Kenton County, KY
Boro Brothers Building, Confectionary & Saloon, 118-120 East Second Street, Covington, Kenton County, KY
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Boro Brothers Building, Office, 116 East Second Street, Covington, Kenton County, KY
Boro Brothers Building, Office, 116 East Second Street, Covington, Kenton County, KY
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Every photograph of Kenton County

Fires near this place

3 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Kenton between 2002 and 2012, burning about 125 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 ceremony1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1

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
5 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined57 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 September 2010Debris and open burning53 acresKentucky Division of ForestryKLEIN FIRE
23 October 2012Recreation and ceremony15 acresKentucky Division of ForestryRECTOR RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kenton 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 Kenton: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Silver Grove YardSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Storms near this place

2 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kenton in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2020: 1 hail, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2020Flash FloodKenton-A bridge in Kenton was impassable due to water rushing over the road.
May 2011HailKenton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kenton 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
White Villa0.8 miles13
Morning View2.5 miles11
Visalia3.3 miles13
Alexander3.5 miles11
Staffordsburg3.9 miles11
Atwood4.4 miles10
Fiskburg4.8 miles10
Ryland4.9 miles13

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 KentonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q30621993The 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 495659. 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.