Star Mills, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Sonora census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42740. It stands on Valley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sonora quadrangle. It stands 643 feet above sea level.
On record in Star Mills
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
- Chenault Houselisted 1988
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 14 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.
- 1935 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
15 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Star Mills between 1999 and 2013, burning about 427 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 84 |
| 6 September 1999 | Smoking | 201 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 September 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 117 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 June 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 April 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | EASTVIEW BARRENS FIRE |
| 28 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Star Mills: 2 prospects, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silica, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 3 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Big Clifty Sandstone Exposure | Silica | Prospect | ||
| Eastview Abandoned Sandstone Pit | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Railroad Overpass Sandstone Outcrop | Silica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Star Mills in 1 storm report in 2011: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Flood | Star Mills | - | Two feet of water covered Hwy. 1375 near Star Mills. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Stephensburg | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Hansbrough | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Stephensburg | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| White Mills Junction | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Harcourt | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Glendale | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Eastview | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| White Mills | 4.1 miles | 18 |
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 Star Mills | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14691264 | 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 504267. 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.









