BlockStonewall, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Sadieville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40370. It stands on North Rays Fork. The Survey maps it on the Sadieville quadrangle.
On record in Stonewall
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.
- Joseph Fields Burgess Houselisted 1984 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1939 USGS Sadieville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Sadieville quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Sadieville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Stonewall between 2001 and 2020, burning about 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LEANING OAK |
| 9 March 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LOCUST FIRE |
| 20 October 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stonewall in 2 storm reports between 1998 and 2014: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Stonewall | $20,000 | The tornado touched down in Owen County south of the|intersection of Leaning Oak Road and Dudley Pike. The storm quickly|crossed into Scott County and struck North Rays Fork Road where it|snapped and uprooted trees. The tornado had a total path length of 4.1 miles, of which 3.6 miles lay in Scott County. Moving to the east southeast, tree|damage was found along South Rays Fork Road east of Stonewall. The|tornado lifted just west of the Harrison County line. The only|structural damage along the path was to a home near the top of a|small hill close to the end of the path. The porch roof was ripped|from the home and thrown over the building, with significant roof|damage. Also, an above-ground pool was destroyed. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stonewall | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sadieville | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Porter | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Josephine | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Double Culvert | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Biddle | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Davis | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Turkey Foot | 7.5 miles | 10 | |
| Longlick | 8.3 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509137. 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.
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.