Big Eddy, Kentucky
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Frankfort census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40601. It stands on Vaughn Branch. The Survey maps it on the Frankfort East quadrangle. It stands 515 feet above sea level.
On record in Big Eddy
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 within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Col. R. T. P. Allen Houselisted 1979 · 0.2 miles away
- Andrew Trumbo Log Houselisted 1977 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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 Frankfort quadrangle1:48000
- 1924 USGS Frankfort quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Frankfort East quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Frankfort East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Frankfort East quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1986 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Frankfort East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Big Eddy in 2019, burning about 3 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 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 July 2019 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | JIM BEAM |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Big Eddy: 2 producers, 2 prospects, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen City Pit No. 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Branch Junction Clay | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Franklin County Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Glenns Creek | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Thorn Hill Clay Bed | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
6 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Big Eddy in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Big Eddy | - | A tree blew down near the Old Capitol parking structure of Kentucky 420. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Big Eddy | - | A tree fell down on a car on Old Lawrenceburg Road. |
| August 2018 | Flash Flood | Big Eddy | - | Significant flooding reporting on Interstate 64 eastbound near the Kentucky River. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Big Eddy | - | There were more than 2 dozen reports of trees down across the southern part of the county south of Frankfort. |
| June 2017 | Flash Flood | Big Eddy | - | Local law enforcement reported Big Eddy Road covered by 6 to 8 inches of high water. |
| May 2011 | Flood | Big Eddy | - | Multiple roads were closed due to flooding including Big Eddy Rd. at 420 and the entrances to Two Creeks Subdivision. Also, Old Lawrenceburg Rd. from Todd St. to the east-west connector was closed due to a mud slide. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fox Gap (historical) | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Frankfort | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Bon Air Hills | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Jett | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Choateville | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Slickway | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Indian Hills | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Kennebec | 3.9 miles | 16 |
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 Big Eddy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4905636 | 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 507507. 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.








