BlockVineyard, 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. The Survey maps it on the Little Hickman quadrangle. It stands 906 feet above sea level.
On record in Vineyard
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.
Butler's Tavernlisted 1984 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Little Hickman quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
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 Vineyard: 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
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vineyard in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Lightning | Vineyard | 1 killed | A 67 year old female was struck by lightning in a field adjacent to her farm near Crenshaw Lane. She died at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vineyard | $100,000 | Straight line winds pushed a one storey house a foot off of its foundation. A section of the roof was also blown off and thrown 100 yards. Winds also destroyed a nearby shed, and uprooted several pine trees. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vineyard | - | A tree was reported down. |
| June 2018 | Flood | Vineyard | - | There was flooding on US 27 in southern Jessamine 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanly | 0.5 miles | 15 | |
| Chattersville (historical) | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Edgewood (historical) | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Oakdale (historical) | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Sulphur Well Park (historical) | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Nicholasville | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Watts Store (historical) | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Jessamine | 2.8 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 Vineyard | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7932478 | 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 506057. 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.
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.