BlockMuddy Ford, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Sadieville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40324. It stands on Sharon Branch. 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
7 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Muddy Ford between 2001 and 2020, burning about 39 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BARN BURNER FIRE |
| 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 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 February 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | COPPAGE PIKE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Muddy Ford in 2 storm reports in 2018: 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Muddy Ford | $10,000 | A vehicle was submerged partially underwater on its side. Search and rescue was sent to investigate, but the driver had already evacuated. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Muddy Ford | - | Muddy Ford Road had quick flowing water covering the roadway by at least a couple of feet. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boydtown | 1.7 miles | 10 | |
| Rogers Gap | 1.8 miles | 10 | |
| Turkey Foot | 2.1 miles | 10 | |
| Cranetown | 2.7 miles | 10 | |
| Oxford | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Delaplain | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Moon Lake Estates | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Mallard Point | 3.9 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508656. 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.
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.