Anna, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Sand Hill-Girkin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42101. The Survey maps it on the Bowling Green North quadrangle. It stands 538 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1922 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1923 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Bowling Green North quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Bowling Green North quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Bowling Green North quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Bowling Green North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
13 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Anna between 1998 and 2018, burning about 179 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | THE BRIDGE |
| 29 March 1998 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 March 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 22 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 March 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Anna: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gully Clay | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
8 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Anna in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anna | $20,000 | Trained spotters reported power lines down due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anna | $20,000 | The public reported metal siding and a roof blown off a building near Anna. |
| February 2021 | Flash Flood | Anna | - | The Richardsville Fire Department rescued two people from a flooded house on Anna Sandhill Road. A 300 gallon floating propane tank was secured. |
| November 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anna | - | There were multiple large tree limbs down along Highway 185 just south of Anna. |
| October 2014 | Hail | Anna | - | The Bowling Green media relayed a report about golf ball sized hail in the Anna Community north of Bowling Green. This hail fell from a newly developed supercell that would later bring hail to many locations to the east, ending in a tornado near Lake Cumberland. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Anna | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Anna | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Anna | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Hill | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Richardsville | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Glenmore | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Rays Branch (historical) | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Penns Chapel (historical) | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Greencastle | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Girkin | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Benleo | 6.4 miles | 13 |
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 Anna | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690021 | 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 507400. 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.









