Limestone, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Upper Tygart census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41164. It stands on Thompson Branch. The Survey maps it on the Olive Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1950 USGS Olive Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Olive Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1970 USGS Olive Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
191 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 191 fires within 5 miles of Limestone between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,685 acres in total. None started naturally. 38 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 | 71 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 53 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 38 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | B AND B LANE |
| 18 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CHERYL ROGERS HOLLOW |
| 10 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 June 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DAVIS LANE |
| 5 May 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DEHART ROAD |
| 31 May 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 May 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Limestone: 7 past producers, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chespeake Sandstone Pit | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Lawton Sandstone Pit | Silica | Prospect | ||
| Railroad Sandstone Pit | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Dry Branch Strip Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Durham Fork Shale | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Porter School Shale | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Soldier Fork-Macabee Creek Mine 1 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Soldier Fork-Macabee Creek Mine 2 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Soldier Fork-Macabee Creek Mine 3 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Soldier Fork-Macabee Creek Mine 5 | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Limestone in 3 storm reports between 2020 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Limestone | $30,000 | A roof was ripped off of a mobile home, out buildings were destroyed, and several trees were blown down due to strong winds associated with a microburst. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Limestone | $1,000 | Multiple trees were uprooted and blown down along State Highway 174. |
| February 2025 | Flood | Limestone | - | Tygarts Creek above Olive Hill exceeded a bankfull level of 10 feet on the night of February 15th. After cresting just over 13 feet overnight, the creek lowered back into its banks before sunrise on the 16th. Before doing so, however, flooding occurred within fields, low sections of Biggs Bridge Road, and Bond Hollow Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawton | 0.7 miles | 9 | |
| Silica (historical) | 1.0 miles | 9 | |
| Clark Hill | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| Garvin Ridge | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Globe | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Enterprise | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Offill's Mill (historical) | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Ross (historical) | 2.9 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508462. 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.





