BlockSideview, Kentucky
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Mount Sterling census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40353. The Survey maps it on the Sideview quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1952 USGS Sideview quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Sideview quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Sideview between 2002 and 2011, burning about 18 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 | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SR 486 |
| 28 March 2011 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROGERS MILL |
| 20 March 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | AARONS RUN |
| 7 February 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 November 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 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 Sideview: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donaldson Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sideview in 3 storm reports between 2004 and 2014: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sideview | $5,000 | Power lines and treetops were twisted off into Aarons Run Road off of Highway 460. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sideview | - | Trees were blown down along U.S. Route 460 near the Bourbon county line. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Sideview | - | The hail was the size of golf balls. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plum Lick (historical) | 2.0 miles | 5 | |
| Aarons Run (historical) | 2.1 miles | 5 | |
| Grassy Lick | 2.4 miles | 7 | |
| Judy | 4.3 miles | 6 | |
| Peytons (historical) | 5.0 miles | 6 | |
| Reid Village | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Smithville (historical) | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Mount Sterling | 6.3 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509054. 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.