Montrose, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Lexington-Fayette Northeast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40516. It stands on David Fork. The Survey maps it on the Lexington East quadrangle.
On record in Montrose
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Joseph Hale Rogers Houselisted 1979 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1927 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:48000
- 1929 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Lexington East quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Lexington East quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Lexington East quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Lexington East quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1986 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:100000
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 Montrose: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Vein | Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Barite, Galena, Sphalerite |
Storms near this place
4 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montrose in 4 storm reports between 2013 and 2022: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montrose | $40,000 | The local media reported that a tree fell through the roof of a home in northern Lexington. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montrose | $15,000 | A power pole fell on a home just to the northeast of Lexington. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montrose | - | Trees were down at the intersection of Bryan Station and Hume Road. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montrose | - | Lexington law enforcement reported a utility pole down on Briar Hill 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Station | 0.4 miles | 16 | |
| Deep Springs | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Dixie Plantation | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Hermitage Hills | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Hi-Acres | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Elmendorf | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Kenawood | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Fenwick | 2.7 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508631. 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.
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.








