BlockBefore

Lockport, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pleasureville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40036. It stands on Sixmile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gratz quadrangle. It stands 472 feet above sea level.

Lockport within Henry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

5 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Lockport between 1997 and 2009, burning about 19 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
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
19 May 1998Debris and open burning8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 March 2009Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 March 2002Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 November 1997Debris and open burning8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Henry County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Lockport: 3 past producers, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc, Lead, Zinc. 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
Lockport Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gratz MineBarium-Barite, Lead, ZincPast Producer1904
K.T.Dome MineZinc, LeadPast Producer
Lockport MineBarium-Barite, Lead, ZincPast ProducerBarite, Galena, Sphalerite
Twin Valley Mine & MillBarium-Barite, Lead, ZincPlant

Every working recorded in Henry County

Storms near this place

10 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lockport in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2016: 4 flood, 3 hail, 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
April 2016HailLockport-Nickel to quarter size hail was reported.
April 2015FloodLockport-Heavy rain brought the Kentucky River at Lockport into flood, cresting at 43.04 feet on the morning of April 5th.
March 2015FloodLockport-Several inches of snow followed by 1 to 2 inches of rain resulted in the Kentucky River at Lockport to rise above flood stage. The river crested at 37.69 feet during the early morning hours of March 9th. The river remained above flood stage until the morning hours of March 12th.
April 2015FloodLockport-Heavy rain that fell on top of very saturated ground brought the Kentucky River at Lockport to flood. The river crested at 36.02 feet late on April 16th.
March 2015FloodLockport-Heavy rainfall pushed the Kentucky River at Lockport into flood. The river crested at 34.74 feet on March 15th.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindLockport-Emergency Dispatch relayed a report from the police of several fallen trees blocking a roadway.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindLockport-Numerous small branches were reported down by winds estimated at 50 to 60 mph.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindLockport-Numerous trees were downed.
May 2003HailLockport-no account filed
May 1998HailLockport-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Henry 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
Fallis1.7 miles12
Slabtown2.0 miles9
Sixmile (historical)3.6 miles9
Orville3.8 miles12
Gest4.7 miles12
Adamsville (historical)4.7 miles13
Franklinton4.8 miles9
Saltwater (historical)5.3 miles9

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 LockportAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q19986835The 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 496934. 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.