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Oxford, Kentucky

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Georgetown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40324. The Survey maps it on the Delaplain quadrangle. It stands 961 feet above sea level.

Oxford within Scott County

On record in Oxford

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

4 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Oxford between 2001 and 2010, burning about 14 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 burning2
Arson/incendiarism1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
6 September 2010Debris and open burning9.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBARN BURNER FIRE
23 May 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 March 2009Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 February 2001Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Scott County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Oxford: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Iron, Strontium, Sulfur, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Nally and GibsonStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Wm. Davis VeinBarium-Barite, Iron, Strontium, SulfurPast Producer1908

Every working recorded in Scott County

Storms near this place

5 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oxford in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2019: 5 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2017Thunderstorm WindOxford$30,000A NWS Storm Survey team found a large barn heavily damaged along Highway 62.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindOxford$25,000A NWS Storm Survey team found barn and tree damage due to severe thunderstorm winds. The metal sheeting was blown away 400 yards. Winds were estimated to be around 70 mph.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindOxford-Trees were reported down northeast of Georgetown, Kentucky.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindOxford-The Lexington media reported several trees down along Old Oxford Road near Georgetown, which is located in Scott County.
July 1996Thunderstorm WindOxford-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Scott 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
Boydtown1.1 miles10
Cranetown1.6 miles10
Delaplain2.4 miles10
Muddy Ford2.8 miles10
Rogers Gap3.0 miles10
Moon Lake Estates3.4 miles10
Newtown3.8 miles11
Stone Hedge Estates3.8 miles12

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.

Wikipedia article on OxfordAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q15264877The 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 500088. 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.