BlockKings Ridge, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Prestonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41008. It lies near Wrights Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Carrollton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1943 USGS Brooksburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Carrollton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Carrollton quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Kings Ridge between 2000 and 2014, burning about 21 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 March 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 18 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BUCK CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Kings Ridge: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wrights Ridge (historical) | 1.3 miles | 11 | |
| Mound Hill (historical) | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Notch Lick (historical) | 1.5 miles | 12 | |
| Little Kentucky (historical) | 1.8 miles | 12 | |
| Prestonville | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Locust | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Carrollton | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Fairview (historical) | 3.9 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2742154. 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.