Lakeville, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Salyersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41465. It stands on Flint Branch. The Survey maps it on the Salyersville South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1889 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Salyersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Salyersville South quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Salyersville South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Irvine quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
353 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 353 fires within 5 miles of Lakeville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 8,111 acres in total. None started naturally. 45 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 149 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 61 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 45 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | JIM ARNETT BRANCH |
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SKAGGS |
| 15 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DANNY BLANTON RD |
| 15 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
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 Lakeville: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burning Fork Shale | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
5 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lakeville in 5 storm reports between 2000 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakeville | $2,000 | Trees and power lines were down. |
| May 2016 | Flood | Lakeville | $1,000 | Route 7 was flooded near Meadow going toward Royalton along with KY1090 toward Lakesville. |
| December 2013 | Flood | Lakeville | $1,000 | Water was over the road at mile marker 10.8 on Hwy 30. Water was also over the road on KY 867 at mile marker 4.5 near the Lakeville area. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakeville | - | The public reported trees having been blown down south of Salyersville due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakeville | - | Trees down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mason | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| College Heights (historical) | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| Dixie (historical) | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Salyersville | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Hendricks | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Burning Fork | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Gullett | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Skaggs (historical) | 3.2 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 495931. 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.







