BlockValley View, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Cottonburg-Valley View census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40475. It stands on Tate Creek. The Survey maps it on the Valley View quadrangle. It stands 577 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1892 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Valley View quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Valley View between 2001 and 2017, burning about 120 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 | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 March 2008 | Debris and open burning | 44 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 February 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 28 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HIGHWATER LN |
| 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
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Valley View: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Zinc. 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 |
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Valley View in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Hail | Valley View | - | Baseball sized hail was observed in northwestern Madison County. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Valley View | - | There was a water rescue on Tates Creek Road. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valley View | - | Local emergency management reported a tree down 10 miles northwest of Richmond. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cuzick | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Stringtown | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Baldwin | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Blue Grass | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Million | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Newby | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Edenton | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Crow Valley | 7.4 miles | 15 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Valley View | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7912253 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 505950. 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.