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.
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.
- Joseph Crockett Houselisted 2011 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1905 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Nicholasville quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Nicholasville quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Nicholasville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2008Regional 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 burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 March 2008 | Debris and open burning | 44 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 March 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | NEELY |
| 9 October 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CAMP DANIEL BOONE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambrose Fault Vein | Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Zinc | Past Producer | Barite, Fluorite, Sphalerite | |
| Lexington Quarry Company | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc | Producer | ||
| Miss Kate | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc | Plant |
Storms near this place
6 since 2009Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Union Mills | $25,000 | A 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Union Mills | - | Trees were down on Bethany Road. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Union Mills | - | Water was flowing over Bethany Road in the Logana area. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Union Mills | - | Mackey Pike near Hickman Creek was closed due to being a couple of feet underwater. |
| July 2018 | Flood | Union Mills | - | Flood waters covered the road on Mackey Pike near Hickman Creek. |
| September 2009 | Flood | Union 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Oak (historical) | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Logana | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Sulphur Well Park (historical) | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Crisman Mill (historical) | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Nicholasville | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Catnip | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Edgewood (historical) | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Mount Lebanon | 4.4 miles | 15 |
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.







