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Union Mills, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Nicholasville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40356. It stands on Marshall Branch. The Survey maps it on the Nicholasville quadrangle.

Union Mills within Jessamine County

On record in Union 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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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.

Fires near this place

3 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Union Mills between 2008 and 2014, burning about 48 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 burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
3 March 2008Debris and open burning44 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
27 March 2014Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryNEELY
9 October 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCAMP DANIEL BOONE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jessamine County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Union Mills: 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ambrose Fault VeinFluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, ZincPast ProducerBarite, Fluorite, Sphalerite
Lexington Quarry CompanyStone, Crushed/Broken, ZincProducer
Miss KateSand and Gravel, Construction, ZincPlant

Every working recorded in Jessamine County

Storms near this place

6 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Union Mills in 6 storm reports between 2009 and 2022: 2 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2013Thunderstorm WindUnion Mills$25,000A National Weather Service storm survey found sporadic damage from straight line winds along Union Mills Road between Mackey Pike and State Highway 1981. Two large barns were destroyed. Several trees were downed. Tin from a barn roof was thrown into a roadway. Based on damage, wind speeds were estimated at 65 to 70 mph.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindUnion Mills-Trees were down on Bethany Road.
September 2018Flash FloodUnion Mills-Water was flowing over Bethany Road in the Logana area.
September 2018Flash FloodUnion Mills-Mackey Pike near Hickman Creek was closed due to being a couple of feet underwater.
July 2018FloodUnion Mills-Flood waters covered the road on Mackey Pike near Hickman Creek.
September 2009FloodUnion Mills-A creek along HWY 169 overflowed its banks, but was not affecting highway traffic. The creek level at 11:30 am EST was about ten feet above normal after approximately five inches of rain fell in the previous 12 hours.

Every storm recorded in Jessamine 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Red Oak (historical)1.1 miles15
Logana2.1 miles15
Sulphur Well Park (historical)2.7 miles15
Crisman Mill (historical)3.4 miles15
Nicholasville3.4 miles15
Catnip3.8 miles15
Edgewood (historical)3.9 miles15
Mount Lebanon4.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509260. 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.