BlockPondsville, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Smiths Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42171. It stands on Sinking Creek. The Survey maps it on the Meador quadrangle. It stands 663 feet above sea level.
On record in Pondsville
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
- J. C. Joggers Houselisted 1979
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1926 USGS Scottsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Meador quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Meador quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Bowling Green quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Pondsville between 2000 and 2012, burning about 82 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 April 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HAYS FIRE |
| 7 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 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 Pondsville: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith Grove No. 3 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hydro | 1.4 miles | 9 | |
| Kepler | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Hays | 2.9 miles | 24 | |
| Three Forks | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Stoney Point (historical) | 3.8 miles | 24 | |
| Smiths Grove | 4.6 miles | 24 | |
| Oakland | 5.5 miles | 24 | |
| Martinsville | 5.5 miles | 9 |
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 Pondsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14691115 | The 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 508848. 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.