BlockLotus, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Shepherdsville Southeast census division. It lies near Shepler Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Samuels quadrangle. It stands 656 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1949 USGS Samuels quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Shepherdsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Samuels quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Samuels quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
35 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Lotus between 1998 and 2019, burning about 160 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DEATSVILLE |
| 27 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | R J CORMAN FIRE |
| 24 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 April 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 April 1999 | Natural | 9.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lotus in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2018: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Lotus | $15,000 | An EF-0 tornado with estimated winds between 65 and 80 mph touched down and snapped a tree at a residence along Lotus Street. It then moved northeast and removed several shingles from another home along this same street. Several large branches were downed near this home as well. Several trees were also toppled in a wooded area behind this home. A neighbor along Deatsville Road had a tree fall and crush a trampoline. Farther north along Deatsville Road, a resident lost a large section of a tree and had minor siding damage along the east side of his home. A mile farther to the northeast, just before lifting, the tornado sheared off a portion of a row of trees adjacent to Maraman Road. The maximum wind speed was estimated based on snapped 1 to 2 foot diameter tree trunks. Structural damage resulted from winds estimated at 65 to 70 mph. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lotus | - | There was a tree down on Lotus Drive near Deatsville 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgetop | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Hobbs | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Brownington | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Poplar Level | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Clermont | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Limestone Springs | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Cedar Grove | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Scuffletown | 4.2 miles | 7 |
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 Lotus | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690871 | 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 508508. 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.