BlockLair, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Cynthiana census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41031. It stands on Edgewater Branch. The Survey maps it on the Shawhan quadrangle. It stands 738 feet above sea level.
On record in Lair
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 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- John Hinkson Houselisted 1983 · 0.2 miles away
- John Lair Houselisted 1983 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1929 USGS Cynthiana quadrangle1:48000
- 1934 USGS Cynthiana quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Shawhan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:100000
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 Lair: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cynthiana Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lair in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Hail | Lair | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Brook | 1.7 miles | 8 | |
| Broadwell | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Belmont | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Cynthiana | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Jones Shop (historical) | 4.1 miles | 6 | |
| Colville | 5.4 miles | 6 | |
| Lees Lick | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| White Oak (historical) | 5.9 miles | 7 |
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 Lair | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690794 | The 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 495908. 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.
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.