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West Bardstown, Kentucky

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Bardstown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40004. It stands on Withrow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bardstown quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

West Bardstown within Nelson County

On record in West Bardstown

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 9 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

9 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of West Bardstown (historical) between 2000 and 2013, burning about 78 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 burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
3 April 2013Debris and open burning2.5 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBURBA RD. FIRE
3 April 2011Debris and open burning45 acresKentucky Division of ForestryWHEELER FIRE
7 March 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 March 2000Debris and open burning4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 March 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBARNES FIRE
18 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 February 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nelson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of West Bardstown (historical): 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Nelson County Highway Dept.Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Nelson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Nelson 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
Bardstown0.9 miles9
South Bardstown (historical)1.6 miles9
Withrow2.1 miles9
Nazareth3.0 miles9
Cravens3.1 miles11
Bourbon Springs3.1 miles9
Bellwood3.5 miles11
Hunters3.9 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2742414. 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.