BlockMount Auburn, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Butler census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41006. The Survey maps it on the Butler quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1929 USGS Alexandria quadrangle1:48000
- 1936 USGS Alexandria quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Butler quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Butler quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Falmouth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Mount Auburn between 2002 and 2007, burning about 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 February 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Mount Auburn: 3 producers, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black River Mining Limekiln | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium | Plant | ||
| Franklin Stone Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Butler Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Pendleton County Underground | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peach Grove | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Caddo | 3.2 miles | 6 | |
| Carntown | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Flower Town (historical) | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Meridian | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Boston | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Concord | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Menzie | 4.9 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508639. 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.