BlockPricetown, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Lexington-Fayette Northeast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40509. The Survey maps it on the Ford quadrangle.
On record in Pricetown
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Woodstocklisted 1975 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1892 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Ford quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Ford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
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 Pricetown: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smitha Vein | Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | Barite, Fluorite, Sphalerite |
Storms near this place
3 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pricetown in 3 storm reports between 2018 and 2023: 1 flood, 1 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pricetown | - | Multiple trees were blown down, with some trees snapped and uprooted on a property in southeastern Fayette County. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Pricetown | - | Golf ball-sized hail was observed in eastern Fayette County. |
| September 2018 | Flood | Pricetown | - | Chilesburg Road was flooded. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nihizertown | 0.6 miles | 15 | |
| Centerville | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Chilesburg | 1.3 miles | 11 | |
| Walnut Hill | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Brighton | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Athens | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Columbus | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Cadentown | 3.1 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 501329. 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.
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.