Squiresville, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Owenton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40359. It stands on South Fork Creek. The Survey maps it on the New Liberty quadrangle.
On record in Squiresville
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.
- Jacob Hunter Houselisted 1987 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1950 USGS New Liberty quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Falmouth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Squiresville in 2010, burning about 5 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 October 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ROB FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Squiresville: 2 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| K.T.Dome Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Gratz Mine | Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1904 | |
| Twin Valley Mine & Mill | Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc | Plant |
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Squiresville in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Squiresville | $4,000 | A few trees and large branches were downed along Squiresville Road. |
| April 2011 | Flash Flood | Squiresville | $2,000 | Roads were closed near the Kentucky River. The community of Perry Park was partially cut off due to the high water. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Squiresville | $1,000 | A tree was reported down along Kentucky Route 355. |
| September 2018 | Flood | Squiresville | - | High water was reported on Big Twin Creek Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Park | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Moxley | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Cull | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Pleasant Home | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Gratz | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Wheatley | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| New Liberty | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Owenton | 6.0 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122552013 | The 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 504203. 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.



