Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
“Viney Fork Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church in Speedwell, Kentucky, United States. The church is located at the intersection of Kentucky Route 374 and Kentucky Route 499.”
Wikipedia article Viney Fork Baptist Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 75 National Register listings published here for Madison County · listed in 1989 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Viney Fork Baptist Church between 1997 and 2012, burning about 278 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GOODLOE CHAPEL RD FIRE |
| 10 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GRAVEL LIC |
| 29 June 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BRASSFIELD |
| 22 June 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 76 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Viney Fork Baptist Church: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hog Jowl Mountain Roadcut | Clay | Prospect |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Speedwell, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2015: 1 hail, 1 tornado, 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 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Speedwell | $15,000 | The tornado first touched down on a farm at 1235 Crooksville Road where it snapped and uprooted several trees, spreading them in several directions. It then continued southeast across Gumbottom Road, where a large oak tree was uprooted. Sporadic tree damage continued southeast towards Walter Lakes Road. Just before the tornado lifted, it did minor shingle and porch damage to a residence along Walter Lakes Road. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Speedwell | - | A Madison County official reported that heavy rainfall brought water over the roadway at Muddy Creek Road and Crooksville Road. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Speedwell | - | no account filed |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Moberly House | 0.9 miles | 1983 | |
| Battle of Richmond Historic Areas | 4.0 miles | 1996 | |
 | Mt. Zion Christian Church | 4.2 miles | 1989 |
| Moberly House | 5.0 miles | 1989 | |
 | Cornelison Pottery | 5.0 miles | 1978 |
| Miller, William M., Farm, (Boundary Increase) | 6.3 miles | 2001 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 88003317 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Madison County | All 75 listed properties in this county. |
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