Barren River, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hadley-Browning census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42101. The Survey maps it on the Hadley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1914 USGS Little Muddy quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Hadley quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Hadley quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
21 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Barren River between 1998 and 2012, burning about 221 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 1999 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 July 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MORGANTOWN |
| 6 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 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 Barren River: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Brothers Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barren River in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barren River | $20,000 | Local law enforcement reported a barn fully engulfed in flames due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barren River | $5,000 | The Warren County emergency dispatch reported several trees and power lines down along Barren River Road just north of Bowling Green. The storm that brought this damage was the same supercell that produced a wall cloud and damage upstream in Butler County. |
| January 2009 | Flood | Barren River | $5,000 | Melting ice from a recent ice storm and heavy rain created minor flooding along the Barren River near Bowling Green. The river crested at 30.44 feet, which is 2.44 feet above flood stage, at 0900 CST on January 29th. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barren River | - | A large tree was down across the 5500 block of Glen Lily Road. |
| June 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Barren River | - | A spotter reported a wall cloud and a descending funnel associated with a supercell that later brought wind damage to the northern side of Bowling Green. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greencastle | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Rays Branch (historical) | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Rockland | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Richardsville | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Delafield | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Benleo | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Hadley | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Blue Level | 5.1 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 517525. 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.






