Stoney Point, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Augusta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41002. It stands on Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Higginsport quadrangle.

Stoney Point within Bracken County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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.

1928 USGS Higginsport quadrangle1:48000
1931 USGS Higginsport quadrangle1:62500
1952 USGS Higginsport quadrangle1:24000
1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Higginsport quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1986 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
1991 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

2 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Stoney Point between 1997 and 2012, burning about 4 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	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
3 April 1997	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
22 February 2012	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bracken County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Stoney Point: 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Brown County Engineer Lms. Quarry	Limestone, General	Past Producer	Sedimentary
White Oak Creek Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Maysville Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Ruggles Stone Company Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Ruggles Stone Company Pit & Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Plant

Every working recorded in Bracken 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
South Higginsport	2.5 miles	12
Augusta	4.4 miles	11
Chatham	6.1 miles	8
Gertrude	7.2 miles	8
Germantown	7.9 miles	10
Rock Springs	9.0 miles	11
Brooksville	9.5 miles	8
Asbury (historical)	9.5 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509139. 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.