BlockShadrick Ferry, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Frankfort census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40601. It stands on Stony Creek. The Survey maps it on the Polsgrove 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 Shadrick Ferry
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.
- Penn-Marshall Stone Houselisted 1975 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1906 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:48000
- 1908 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Polsgrove 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
3 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Shadrick Ferry (historical) between 2007 and 2014, burning about 17 acres in total. 1 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 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 July 2007 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | COW PIE |
| 6 November 2008 | 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
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Shadrick Ferry (historical): 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin County Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Thorn Hill Clay Bed | Clay | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvieland | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Honeysuckle (historical) | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Harp (historical) | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Glore (historical) | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Knights (historical) | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Bryant | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Hodge (historical) | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Ottusville | 4.2 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2558297. 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.