Mooleyville, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Irvington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40157. It stands on Buck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Alton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1950 USGS Alton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Alton quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Alton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Alton quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Alton quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Mooleyville between 1998 and 2010, burning about 106 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | COMMER |
| 6 April 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | CORNFIELD |
| 7 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | CONNER CEMETARY |
| 25 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | RACHEL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Mooleyville: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derby Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Derby Slope Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Derby Underground Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mooleyville in 3 storm reports between 2006 and 2009: 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Hail | Mooleyville | - | Emergency manager also estimated wind gusts around 60 mph. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mooleyville | - | Many trees were downed in the vicinity of the Yellowbank Wildlife Management Area due to straight line winds. The damage area was roughly one quarter mile wide and a mile long. All the trees fell in the same general direction, east southeastward. The time of occurrence was estimated from radar data. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Mooleyville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manning Crossing | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Chenaultt | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Ammons | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Frymire | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Union Star | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| Raymond | 7.7 miles | 15 | |
| Sample | 8.1 miles | 17 | |
| Stephensport | 8.2 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122552819 | 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 498523. 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.









