Meadow Lawn, Kentucky
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the South Dixie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40272. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kosmosdale quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1909 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:48000
- 1912 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Meadow Lawn between 1997 and 2014, burning about 446 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | POINTE BLVD FIRE |
| 5 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WINDING CREEK FIRE |
| 3 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WEAVERS RUN FIRE |
| 22 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
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 Meadow Lawn: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kosmos Cement Division | Stone | Producer | ||
| Kosmosdale Pit | Stone | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Meadow Lawn in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2015: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 2015 | Flash Flood | Meadow Lawn | $10,000 | A broadcast meteorologist relayed a report to the NWS that four people were rescued from a vehicle due to high water from torrential rainfall. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow Lawn | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines along Dixie Highway in the Watson Lane area. Parts of Dixie Highway were blocked. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orell | 1.1 miles | 20 | |
| Medora | 1.5 miles | 20 | |
| Kosmosdale | 2.0 miles | 20 | |
| Bethany | 3.0 miles | 20 | |
| Valley | 3.7 miles | 20 | |
| Valley Station | 3.8 miles | 20 | |
| Valley Downs | 4.0 miles | 20 | |
| Valley Gardens | 4.2 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 497992. 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.









