Springdale, Kentucky

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Independence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41015. It stands on DeCoursey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Alexandria quadrangle.

Springdale within Kenton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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.

1929 USGS Alexandria quadrangle1:48000
1936 USGS Alexandria quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1953 USGS Alexandria quadrangle1:24000
1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Alexandria quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Alexandria quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Falmouth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

2 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Springdale between 2010 and 2018, burning about 45 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
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Debris and open burning	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
19 March 2018	Railroad operations and maintenance	20 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	INDEPENDENCE RAILROAD
2 November 2010	Debris and open burning	25 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	SHERBOURNE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kenton 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 Springdale: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	Brewer Co Plant No 10 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Springlake	0.1 miles	13
Fairview	1.3 miles	13
DeCoursey	1.5 miles	19
Pye	1.6 miles	13
Taylor Mill	1.8 miles	13
Grant	2.3 miles	13
Sunny Acres	2.3 miles	19
Winston Hills (historical)	2.4 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509113. 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.