Spears, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Lexington-Fayette Southeast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40515. The Survey maps it on the Valley View quadrangle.

Spears within Fayette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched 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 Valley View quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
1991 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

5 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Spears between 2001 and 2017, burning about 100 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
Debris and open burning	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
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
7 March 2007	Recreation and ceremony	15 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
3 March 2008	Debris and open burning	44 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
11 March 2001	Debris and open burning	12 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
21 February 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	28 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	HIGHWATER LN
9 October 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	CAMP DANIEL BOONE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Clays Ferry

Every fire recorded in Fayette County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Spears: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Zinc, 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
	Ambrose Fault Vein	Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Zinc	Past Producer	Barite, Fluorite, Sphalerite
	Richmond Road Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Fayette County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Coletown	3.9 miles	19
East Hickman	3.9 miles	19
Clays Ferry	5.2 miles	15
Athens	6.6 miles	15
Jonestown	7.9 miles	19
Southeastern Hills	7.9 miles	19
Lexington	8.3 miles	19
Gainesway	8.3 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509104. 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.