Barlow, Kentucky
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Barlow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42024. It stands on Little Shawnee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Barlow quadrangle. 653 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 374 feet above sea level.
On record in Barlow
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
Barlow Houselisted 1991
Population over time
2 figuresBarlow fell from 675 to 653 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 675 | |
| 2020 | 653 | -22 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 24 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.
- 1931 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1933 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Barlow quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Barlow quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
10 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Barlow between 1999 and 2012, burning about 76 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 February 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 February 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | JIM ARLIN |
| 29 November 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 October 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
26 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barlow in 26 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 13 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Barlow | $100,000 | Part of a metal wall was damaged at a maintenance building. The roof was blown off a storage building at the city hall. Three power poles were snapped, which cut power to the city water plant. There was roof damage to a barn. A large tree fell on a home and two mobile homes. A carport landed up in a tree. There was minor roof damage on two homes and a carport. Several large trees were uprooted and snapped. Peak winds were estimated near 100 mph. The average path width was 65 yards. |
| September 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barlow | $40,000 | Security lights were ripped off poles. Trailers were overturned. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. A few houses were struck by falling trees. Many roads were blocked by debris. The damage was mostly from Barlow to the south side of LaCenter, including the Hinkleville area. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barlow | $30,000 | Several roads and intersections were blocked by downed trees and power lines. Damage was reported at several locations around the county, including Barlow. Downed power lines started small fires. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barlow | $30,000 | Trees were down at several locations in the county. In the city of Barlow, there were several trees down, causing minor damage to some buildings. A vehicle was damaged when a tree fell on it. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barlow | $10,000 | Several small trees were across roads. Power lines were blown down. The damage was mostly on or near Highway 1105 between Barlow and Oscar. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barlow | $10,000 | A metal roof was blown off a home onto an automobile. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barlow | $9,000 | Large tree limbs were down from Barlow to LaCenter and Kevil. A tree was down on a house in LaCenter. A pole was snapped. Wires were down. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barlow | $4,000 | Trees were down in the Slater Road area. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barlow | $3,000 | Tree limbs were blown down, causing power outages. |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barlow | $3,000 | Power lines were down. |
| February 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barlow | $2,000 | A couple of trees were down on U.S. Highway 60 and on Highway 802. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barlow | $1,000 | A tree fell across Highway 1368. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Barlow | - | Very large hail struck parts of central Ballard County. At Barlow, a photo was taken of a hailstone measuring 3.4 inches in diameter. The hailstone was spiked in appearance. A couple miles south-southeast of La Center, a photo of quarter-size hail was posted on social media. |
| May 2018 | Flood | Barlow | - | A lightly-travelled rural road northeast of Barlow was flooded. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Barlow | - | There were several reports of flooded roadways throughout the county. |
| June 2011 | Heavy Rain | Barlow | - | Up to four inches of water covered low-lying areas in the Barlow city limits. Highway 1367 was flooded near the McCracken County line. A trained spotter in Ingleside measured 5.25 inches in about five hours. In LaCenter, a spotter measured 4.5 inches. |
| April 2008 | Flash Flood | Barlow | - | Water was over eight highways, including U.S. Highway 60 at milepost 2 and U.S. Highway 62 at milepost 1. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Barlow | - | Widespread flooding of streets and secondary roads occurred countywide. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Barlow | - | Quarter size hail occurred in Barlow and Kevil. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barlow | - | Trees were blown down. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Barlow | - | Copious amounts of hail covered the ground. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Barlow | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Barlow | - | no account filed |
| January 1997 | Hail | Barlow | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barlow | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Barlow | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slater | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| La Center | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Oscar | 5.9 miles | 25 | |
| Hinkleville | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Wickliffe | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| East Cairo (historical) | 6.5 miles | 27 | |
| New York | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Turner Landing | 8.2 miles | 25 |
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 Barlow | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2463012 | 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 486360. 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.
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.














