Valley Downs, Kentucky

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the North Dixie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40272. It stands on Black Pond Creek. The Survey maps it on the Valley Station quadrangle.

Valley Downs within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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.

1909 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:48000
1912 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1950 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:62500
1951 USGS Valley Station quadrangle1:24000
1955 USGS Valley Station quadrangle1:24000
1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1960 USGS Valley Station quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
1982 USGS Valley Station quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1986 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1993 USGS Valley Station quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

5 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Valley Downs between 2006 and 2011, burning about 44 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Natural	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
10 April 2011	Natural	11 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	BEARCAMP RD. FIRE
12 March 2007	Recreation and ceremony	8.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
27 February 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
22 November 2010	Recreation and ceremony	17 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	BLEVINS GAP
8 January 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Valley Downs: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Silica. 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
	Gem Silica Elizabeth Plant	Silica	Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Valley Station	0.2 miles	20
Valley Gardens	0.3 miles	20
Johnsontown	0.8 miles	20
Valley	0.8 miles	20
Bethany	1.1 miles	20
Waverly Hills	1.8 miles	20
Prairie Village	1.9 miles	20
Pleasure Ridge Park	2.3 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 505942. 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.