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Veachland, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Shelbyville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40065. It stands on Mulberry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Shelbyville quadrangle.

Veachland within Shelby County

On record in Veachland

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 10 records

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 14 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 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Veachland between 2005 and 2010, burning about 23 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Recreation and ceremony1
Debris and open burning1

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
24 September 2010Debris and open burning8.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLEWIS FIRE
16 February 2009Recreation and ceremony12 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 November 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shelby 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 Veachland: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum. 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
Ohio Valley Aluminum/Shelbyville KyAluminumUnknown

Every working recorded in Shelby County

Storms near this place

7 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Veachland in 7 storm reports between 2010 and 2022: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 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
April 2022Thunderstorm WindVeachland-A large tree was blown over on top of a house.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindVeachland-Trees were down at Cropper Road and Eminence Pike.
February 2021FloodVeachland-The 300 block of Eminence Pike wasn't passable due to high water.
April 2016HailVeachland-An Amateur radio operator reported hail ranging in size from nickels to quarters.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindVeachland-State officials reported trees down along Mt Eden Road in the area of Hooper Station and McMakin-McMullen.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindVeachland-A report was received by the public that State Road 53 in Shelbyville had numerous trees down.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindVeachland-A tree was blown down on Old 7 Mile Pike in Shelbyville.

Every storm recorded in Shelby 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
Shelbyville1.4 miles14
Middletown Heights2.4 miles14
Hooper3.3 miles14
Clay Village5.0 miles13
Joyes5.0 miles11
Mulberry5.0 miles10
Hemp Ridge6.0 miles13
Raymond Hill6.6 miles10

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.

Wikidata item Q122550770The 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 506012. 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.