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Mount Lebanon, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Nicholasville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40356. The Survey maps it on the Little Hickman quadrangle.

Mount Lebanon within Jessamine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

3 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Mount Lebanon between 2007 and 2010, burning about 60 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 ceremony1
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 March 2007Recreation and ceremony15 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 March 2008Debris and open burning44 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 October 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCAMP DANIEL BOONE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jessamine County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mount Lebanon: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ambrose Fault VeinFluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, ZincPast ProducerBarite, Fluorite, Sphalerite

Every working recorded in Jessamine County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Crisman Mill (historical)1.0 miles15
Pollard1.4 miles15
Logana2.8 miles15
Sulphur Well Park (historical)3.2 miles15
Watts Store (historical)3.2 miles15
Pink4.1 miles15
Union Mills4.4 miles15
Vineyard4.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508644. 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.