Proposed Blue Grass Stockyards

and Royal Spring Aquifer

On January 30th, 2016 a three-alarm fire burned Lexington's Blue Grass Stockyards to the ground. While the remnants of this important regional site of cattle sales continued to smolder, Lexington Mayor Jim Gray, Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles, and Governor Matt Bevin met to discuss next steps, including how to ensure that the rebuilt stockyards would remain in Central Kentucky. On Tuesday, February 23 Ironworks Farm, LLC filed a development plan with LFUCG mapping out their plans for construction of a new stockyards at 4561 Iron Works Pike. According to the Lexington Herald-Leader, half of the Stockyard's shareholders own the parcel at the intersection of I-75 and Iron Works Pike in northern Fayette County. In the weeks since, residents and officials in Scott County have raised concerns about the Stockyard's potential impacts on water quality. Portions of the site sit on or near the Royal Spring Aquifer, the primary water source for Georgetown.

By overlaying this the Royal Spring Basin, the area from which the Royal Spring Aquifer is fed, on top of the proposed site plan for the new Blue Grass Stockyards, this map seeks to offer some geographic context to discussions about the future of the Stockyards at the Iron Works Pike site and its potential impacts for Scott County residents. Although every measure to ensure accuracy has been taken, no features should be read as survey grade. As such the map should be used for reference purposes and spurring discussion.

Please direct all questions regarding this map to Ryan Cooper (rcooper@gscplanning.com).