BlockRiverhill Farm, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Taylorsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40071. It lies near Blacks Hill. The Survey maps it on the Taylorsville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
On record in Riverhill Farm
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 7 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Felix Grundy Stidger Houselisted 2016 · 0.6 miles away
Minor Chapel A. M. E. Churchlisted 1992 · 0.7 miles away
L.W. Ross Houselisted 1992 · 0.7 miles away
All Saints Churchlisted 1992 · 0.7 miles away- Taylorsville Historic Districtlisted 1992 · 0.6 miles away
- Shelburne-Cox Houselisted 1992 · 0.7 miles away
- Perry Shelburne Houselisted 1992 · 0.7 miles away
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.
- 1929 USGS Taylorsville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Taylorsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Taylorsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Riverhill Farm (historical) in 2011, burning about 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 February 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | INDIAN RIDGE FIRE |
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 Riverhill Farm (historical): 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer County Stone, Inc. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taylorsville | 0.6 miles | 11 | |
| Yoder | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Zion (historical) | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Wakefield | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Leatherwoods Settlement (historical) | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Waterford | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Normandy | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Little Mount | 5.5 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2554983. 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.