BlockNewtown, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Georgetown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40324. It stands on Cherry Run. The Survey maps it on the Centerville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1927 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:48000
- 1929 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Newtown in 2001, burning about 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 February 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Newtown: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nally and Gibson | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newtown in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Newtown | $35,000 | An NWS storm survey confirmed an EF-1 tornado with winds up to 95 mph touched down in an open field northeast of Georgetown and moved quickly east, overturning a tied-down trailer and destroying or damaging several outbuildings. After passing over Leesburg Road, the tornado buckled the brick garage wall of a well built home and snapped several tres along a fence line before dissipating. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newtown | - | Trees were down on Stone Road off of US 460 E. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newtown | - | Several trees in Newtown were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newtown | - | Several trees were reported to be blown down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Zion | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Clabber Bottom | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Oxford | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Boydtown | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Georgetown | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Cranetown | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Indian Hills | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Delaplain | 5.6 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 499459. 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.