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Speedwell, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Waco-Bybee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40475. The Survey maps it on the Moberly quadrangle. It stands 928 feet above sea level.

Speedwell within Madison County

On record in Speedwell

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

Fires near this place

24 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Speedwell between 1997 and 2012, burning about 278 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 1998Debris and open burning6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 September 1998Debris and open burning20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryGOODLOE CHAPEL RD FIRE
10 July 2012Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryGRAVEL LIC
29 June 2012Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryBRASSFIELD
22 June 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
20 April 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 April 1997Arson/incendiarism76 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Speedwell: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hog Jowl Mountain RoadcutClayProspect

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

3 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Speedwell in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2015: 1 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2015Tornado (EF1)Speedwell$15,000The tornado first touched down on a farm at 1235 Crooksville Road where it snapped and uprooted several trees, spreading them in several directions. It then continued southeast across Gumbottom Road, where a large oak tree was uprooted. Sporadic tree damage continued southeast towards Walter Lakes Road. Just before the tornado lifted, it did minor shingle and porch damage to a residence along Walter Lakes Road.
December 2015FloodSpeedwell-A Madison County official reported that heavy rainfall brought water over the roadway at Muddy Creek Road and Crooksville Road.
April 2012HailSpeedwell-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Madison 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Crooksville (historical)1.5 miles15
Brassfield1.5 miles15
Panola3.3 miles15
Kingston3.9 miles15
Dreyfus3.9 miles16
Terrill4.5 miles17
Moberly4.7 miles15
Elliston4.7 miles15

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on SpeedwellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14691259The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 504047. 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.