BlockLecta, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Glasgow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42141. The Survey maps it on the Hiseville quadrangle. It stands 787 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1935 USGS Horse Cave quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Horse Cave quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Hiseville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Hiseville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Lecta between 1999 and 2011, burning about 15 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 October 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 68-80 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lecta: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barren County Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mc Murtrey Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lecta in 5 storm reports between 2000 and 2015: 2 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lecta | - | The county Road Department reported trees down on Edmonton Rd near Old Maysfield Mill Rd. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Lecta | - | A law enforcement official reported that Highway 68/80 in town had high water flowing over it due to slow moving thunderstorms. |
| September 2006 | Flash Flood | Lecta | - | Water was over Coral Hill Road. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Lecta | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Lecta | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coral Hill | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Slick Rock | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Glasgow | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Pritchardsville | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Goodnight | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Kino | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Halfway | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Bristletown | 6.3 miles | 10 |
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 Lecta | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6511838 | 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 508436. 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.