BlockLong Ridge, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the New Liberty census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40359. The Survey maps it on the Owenton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Owenton quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Falmouth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Long Ridge in 2004, burning about 18 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/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Long Ridge in 7 storm reports between 2004 and 2020: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Ridge | $3,000 | A few trees were downed. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Ridge | $2,000 | A few trees were downed along US Route 127 north of Owenton. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Ridge | $1,000 | A large tree was downed on Old New Liberty Road. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Ridge | $1,000 | Two trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Ridge | $200 | A few large branches were downed. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Long Ridge | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Long Ridge | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owenton | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Bromley | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Sweet Owen | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Cull | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Needmore | 4.8 miles | 6 | |
| New Liberty | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Poplar Grove | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Holiday Ford | 5.4 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508499. 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.
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.