Lone Star, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Bonnieville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42713. It stands on Blue Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Upton quadrangle. It stands 886 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1934 USGS Munfordville quadrangle1:48000
- 1937 USGS Munfordville quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Upton quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Upton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Upton quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
27 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Lone Star between 1997 and 2015, burning about 132 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 | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Smoking | 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 September 1999 | Smoking | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PLEASANT HILL CHURCH |
| 31 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROCKY HILL RD. |
| 31 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MILLERSTOWN ROAD |
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 Lone Star: 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Childress Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Prospect | ||
| Upton Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lone Star in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2018: 2 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Lone Star | $500,000 | The tornado first touched down near Lone Star, where it destroyed several barns and a mobile home on or near Lone Star Road. The tornado next touched down along U.S. Highway 31W north of Bonnieville, where it heavily damaged or destroyed several more barns or mobile homes. It touched down again near the intersection of Hammonville and Bacon Creek Roads. Here, it caused minor damage to some homes, destroyed a barn, and damaged the roof of another. The tornado continued on eastward, where it damaged several barns near U.S. Highway 31E. |
| July 2018 | Tornado (EF1) | Lone Star | $200,000 | This tornado touched down in a wooded area midway between J Riggs Rd and Copelin Rd north of state highway 728, snapping trees as it moved southeast along a hay field where it destroyed two 1200 lb hay bales and rolled numerous others up to a tenth of a mile into a soybean field and uphill onto a knoll. Snapping trees on the land adjacent to the hay and soybean fields, the tornado took a slight right turn, crossing highway 728, and destroyed a large barn. Large parts of the barn debris were lofted into trees southwest of the structure, snapping their trunks. A 20 x 20 section of the barn was blown 500 feet to the south-southeast. The tornado continued southward for another two-tenths of a mile, downing trees along Campground Rd before lifting. Maximum winds with this tornado were estimated to be 90 to 95 mph. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Star | - | Trained spotter on Falling Springs Church road reported tree limbs 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riders Mill | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Bonnieville | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Vento | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Priceville | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Wabash | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Lines Mill | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| High Hickory | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Macon | 6.4 miles | 13 |
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 Lone Star | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6671378 | 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 508497. 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.







