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Kosmosdale, Kentucky

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the South Dixie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40272. The Survey maps it on the Kosmosdale quadrangle.

Kosmosdale within Jefferson County

On record in Kosmosdale

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

21 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Kosmosdale between 1997 and 2014, burning about 543 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony6
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
25 September 2008Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 April 2013Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPOINTE BLVD FIRE
5 April 2010Recreation and ceremony8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 April 2013Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryWINDING CREEK FIRE
3 April 2013Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryWEAVERS RUN FIRE
11 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 April 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 April 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kosmosdale: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone. 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
Kosmos Cement DivisionStoneProducer
Kosmosdale PitStoneProducer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

3 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kosmosdale in 3 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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
March 2025Thunderstorm WindKosmosdale-There were trees down at Dixie Highway and Stites Station Road.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindKosmosdale-Trees were reported down at Dixie Highway at Katherine Station Road.
November 2002Thunderstorm WindKosmosdale-A power pole was snapped.

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Meadow Lawn2.0 miles20
Medora2.5 miles20
Orell3.0 miles20
Bethany4.9 miles20
Valley5.6 miles20
Valley Station5.8 miles20
Valley Downs5.9 miles20
Valley Gardens6.2 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508407. 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.