Possible Meteor crater in Maysville's city limits?

[kcredden]

Hi folks: Reciently, I was poking around terraserver and found something that caught my eye. I've been doing some inquires about this, and so far nothing really positive. I may have found a small meteor crater, within Maysville's city limits. I haven't conformed or denied this yet, but a circular depression can indicate several things; including a meteor crater. I seriously doubt this is a volcanio cone, since the geology of the area is definately not igneous.

You can find photos of the site at the following web sites:

TerraServer (Exact photo URL (http://www.terraserver.com/imagery/image_gx.asp?cpx=-83.76852681&cpy=38.64503378&res=8&provider_id=380&t=pan&OL=Off%29))

Microsoft TerraServer Imagery (exact photo URL (http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=13&Z=17&X=161&Y=2675&W=1))

and the exact cooridnates of the depression I saw:

Long: -83.76856741 and Lat: 38.64500171

I hate tooting MS's horn :) but their TerraServer is vastly superior to Googlemaps, and TerraServer's. I can zoom in at an unmatched degree, but it's darker than the ones on Terraserver. So use what you like.

According to Google maps, 4th street W, (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=41056&ie=UTF8&ll=38.643351,-83.766348&spn=0.012,0.033646&om=0) curves around the northern part of it, Fort Hill Road is on the NW of it, and the W end of 6th street points right at it. But I can't quite make out details, in order to see if there's homes, or roads leading to the center of it.

If anyone knows, or has information about this area, please share. This would be yet another thing for tourism, much like Middlesboro is doing with their confirmed huge meteor crater

If I get anything, I'll share it here.

[Jeremy]

Maybe a crater made by the 800 kegs of powder that blew when the Maysville Powder Magazine went up? It's about the right area:

http://www.maysvillexplorer.com/blog/entry.do?blogid=1&entryid=254&entry=2006-6-Where-the-Powder-Magazine-Was

[kcredden]

Jeremy:

Thanks for the tip. This is one reason I posted this, disipte the danger of being seen as an...well a biblical donkey :). I thought if I posted here, one of us may be able to work out a theory, at least. I knew that a circular depression wasn't normal, so it had to be by something. I'd never heard of this explosion, myself.

This is also bringing out something too; It seems Maysville has all sorts of tidbits of history, that many isn't aware of :). I'm constently finding new tidbits, that can be seen even today. Your blog of the explosion of course, but I didn't know the church had a crater on the building as well, from this explosion. Interesting how it links the present to that event.

Funny thing is, topo maps don't really show this as a circular depression, but does show walls up to 800' so it's inconclusive of what's there.

Thanks again!

Maybe a crater made by the 800 kegs of powder that blew when the Maysville Powder Magazine went up? It's about the right area:

http://www.maysvillexplorer.com/blog/entry.do?blogid=1&entryid=254&entry=2006-6-Where-the-Powder-Magazine-Was

[ruby1968]

jeremy u lost me, what shows walls up to 800 ft.?

[Jeremy]

jeremy u lost me, what shows walls up to 800 ft.?

I didn't write that. Ask kcredden :)

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I thought it was the reservoir, but actually it's next to the reservoir.

See the attached topographical map.

[kcredden]

Thanks for the help, Jeremy. Been in and out all day today. This is a neat mystery. As my good friend, Mr. Holmes would say, "The game's afoot, Watson!"


I thought it was the reservoir, but actually it's next to the reservoir. See the attached topographical map.