BlockMoon Lake Estates, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Stamping Ground census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40324. The Survey maps it on the Delaplain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1939 USGS Sadieville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Delaplain quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Delaplain quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Moon Lake Estates between 2005 and 2010, burning about 24 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 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WOLF BRANCH INTERSTATE FIRE |
| 23 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 October 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | THE LATIN CONSPIRACY FIRE |
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 Moon Lake Estates: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc, Iron, Strontium, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Vein | Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Barite, Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Wm. Davis Vein | Barium-Barite, Iron, Strontium, Sulfur | Past Producer | 1908 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaplain | 1.2 miles | 10 | |
| Cranetown | 1.8 miles | 10 | |
| Rogers Gap | 1.8 miles | 10 | |
| Mallard Point | 2.2 miles | 10 | |
| Stone Hedge Estates | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Boydtown | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Oxford | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Muddy Ford | 3.5 miles | 10 |
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 Q122567653 | 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 516997. 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.