BlockLong Run, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Floyds Fork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40023. It stands on South Long Run. The Survey maps it on the Fisherville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1929 USGS Taylorsville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Fisherville quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Fisherville quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Fisherville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Long Run in 2005, burning about 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Long Run: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avoca Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Long Run in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Run | - | A tree was blown down across most of the roadway on Long Run Road near the intersection of Sycamore Ridge Drive. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Run | - | The public relayed a report to the NWS of a large cedar tree down across Clark Station Road. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Run | - | A trained spotter reported that a tree fell down and blocked Long Run 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | 0.7 miles | 12 | |
| New Eastwood | 1.4 miles | 12 | |
| Eastwood | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Old Eastwood | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Clark | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Beckley | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Fisherville | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Avoca | 4.4 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508501. 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.