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.
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.
Caldwell Houselisted 1988 · 0.3 miles away
Coca-Cola Plantlisted 1988 · 0.5 miles away
Bayne Houselisted 1984 · 0.7 miles away
Church of the Annunciationlisted 1984 · 0.7 miles away
Grove Hill Cemetery Chapellisted 1988 · 0.7 miles away
East Shelbyville Districtlisted 1985 · 0.8 miles away
Bethel AME Churchlisted 1984 · 1.0 miles away- Brackett Owen Houselisted 1988 · 0.6 miles away
- Saffell Funeral Homelisted 1984 · 0.9 miles away
- Shelby County Courthouse and Main Street Commercial District (Boundary Increase)listed 1985 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1923 USGS Waddy quadrangle1:48000
- 1925 USGS Mount Eden quadrangle1:48000
- 1927 USGS Mount Eden quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Shelbyville quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Shelbyville quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1986 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2005Regional 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/undetermined | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 2010 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LEWIS FIRE |
| 16 February 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio Valley Aluminum/Shelbyville Ky | Aluminum | Unknown |
Storms near this place
7 since 2010Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Veachland | - | A large tree was blown over on top of a house. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Veachland | - | Trees were down at Cropper Road and Eminence Pike. |
| February 2021 | Flood | Veachland | - | The 300 block of Eminence Pike wasn't passable due to high water. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Veachland | - | An Amateur radio operator reported hail ranging in size from nickels to quarters. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Veachland | - | State officials reported trees down along Mt Eden Road in the area of Hooper Station and McMakin-McMullen. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Veachland | - | A report was received by the public that State Road 53 in Shelbyville had numerous trees down. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Veachland | - | A tree was blown down on Old 7 Mile Pike in Shelbyville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shelbyville | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Middletown Heights | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Hooper | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Clay Village | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Joyes | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Mulberry | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Hemp Ridge | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Raymond Hill | 6.6 miles | 10 |
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 Q122550770 | 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 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.







