Staffordsville, Kentucky

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Middleburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40442. The Survey maps it on the Eubank quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Staffordsville within Casey County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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.

1952 USGS Eubank quadrangle1:24000
1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Eubank quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

65 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Staffordsville (historical) between 1998 and 2018, burning about 1,183 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 burning	35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10
Arson/incendiarism	9
Recreation and ceremony	5
Railroad operations and maintenance	4
Equipment and vehicle use	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
18 September 2008	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
2 May 2001	Railroad operations and maintenance	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
8 April 2002	Railroad operations and maintenance	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
6 April 2013	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	MCQUEEN
5 April 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
21 April 2018	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	MOCCASIN
17 April 2008	Debris and open burning	35 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
16 April 2010	Debris and open burning	35 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Casey 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 Staffordsville (historical): 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Arabia Roadcut	Clay	Prospect

Every working recorded in Casey 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
Duncan	1.0 miles	8
Walltown	1.6 miles	8
Knob Lick (historical)	1.8 miles	8
Calvary (historical)	4.9 miles	8
Mount Olive	5.0 miles	8
Middleburg	5.3 miles	8
Yosemite	5.5 miles	8
Lawhorn Hill	7.6 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2568483. 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.