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Lola, Kentucky

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Salem census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42078. It stands on Foreman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lola quadrangle. It stands 397 feet above sea level.

Lola within Livingston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 21 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

19 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Lola between 1999 and 2017, burning about 289 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Debris and open burning5
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1

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
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
14 September 1999Smoking1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 March 2010Recreation and ceremony10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
20 March 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined150 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Livingston County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Lola: 14 prospects, 12 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite. 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
Babb Group Fluorspar MinesFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Barium-BariteProducer1899
Burns MineZinc, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Chittenden - Black - WrightFluorine-Fluorite, Barium-BariteProspect1919
Givens ProspectZinc, Nickel, Manganese, Cobalt, DiatomitePast Producer1900
May MineZinc, Lead, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect
Delhi-BabbFluorine-Fluorite, ZincPast Producer1918
Eagle-BabbFluorine-Fluorite, ZincPast Producer1904, 1943
Wright MineFluorine-Fluorite, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Babb-Barnes ConcentratorFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, ZincPlant
Babb-Barnes MineFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, ZincPast Producer1899, 1974

Every working recorded in Livingston County

Storms near this place

4 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lola in 4 storm reports between 1999 and 2007: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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
May 1999Thunderstorm WindLola$2,000Trees were down on Lola Road.
May 2007Flash FloodLola-Water was 6 to 7 inches deep on Highway 133 at Highway 838.
January 2007Heavy RainLola-Scattered low-lying areas were flooded, mainly farm fields along creeks.
April 2006HailLola-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Livingston 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
Hampton4.2 miles21
Joy4.8 miles23
Salem5.0 miles21
Burna5.8 miles19
Mullikin Junction6.5 miles19
Carrsville6.5 miles24
Lemen Landing8.8 miles19
Moxley Landing9.1 miles19

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 LolaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14690850The 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 508494. 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.