Weston, Kentucky
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the East Crittenden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42064. It stands on Camp Creek. The Survey maps it on the Repton quadrangle. It stands 361 feet above sea level.
On record in Weston
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 1 record
Weston Bluff Skirmish Sitelisted 1998
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 23 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.
- 1916 USGS Cave in Rock quadrangle1:62500
- 1916 USGS Fords Ferry quadrangle1:62500
- 1921 USGS Fords Ferry quadrangle1:48000
- 1925 USGS Cave In Rock quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Repton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Cave In Rock quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1996 USGS Repton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
17 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Weston between 1995 and 2019, burning about 72 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | COWNA STORE ROAD |
| 18 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 August 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | PINE |
| 17 April 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | PENNELL |
| 4 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 4.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MT ZION CHURCH ROAD |
| 4 March 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Weston: 9 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Sand Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cave In Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Marion Mine & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Ainsworth Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Cook Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Frayser Workings | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | Fluorite | |
| Frayser Workings | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Rogers Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | Fluorite | |
| Rogers Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Winn Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | Fluorite |
Storms near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Weston in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weston | $4,000 | One tree and several large limbs were blown down across State Route 365, about four miles from U.S. Highway 60. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weston | $2,000 | At least a couple trees were uprooted or snapped along the Union County line between Route 60 and the Ohio River. Kentucky Route 120 was closed for over an hour by a fallen tree. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Weston | - | Nickel-size hail fell near the Union County line, about five miles southwest of Sturgis. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fords Ferry | 2.1 miles | 23 | |
| Baker (historical) | 3.4 miles | 23 | |
| Bells Mine (historical) | 3.7 miles | 24 | |
| Hebron (historical) | 4.5 miles | 23 | |
| Hoods | 4.6 miles | 23 | |
| Stone (historical) | 4.7 miles | 23 | |
| Rosebud (historical) | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Mattoon | 5.5 miles | 23 |
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 Weston | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16903192 | 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 516282. 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.














