Bristow, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Sand Hill-Girkin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42101. The Survey maps it on the Bristow quadrangle. It stands 541 feet above sea level.
On record in Bristow
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
- Rose-Daughtry Farmsteadlisted 2013
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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 Bristow quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Bristow quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Bristow between 2001 and 2014, burning about 141 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 75 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LOVING RD. FIRE |
| 22 March 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 60 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LOUISVILLE ROAD FIRE |
| 10 November 2001 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 October 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GIRKIN WOO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bristow: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowling Green Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Bowling Green Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bristow in 18 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 9 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Hail | Bristow | - | A hailstorm moved through the Plum Springs area, with hail lasting for 10 minutes. The largest hailstones were baseball size, with the average hailstone being golf ball size. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Bristow | - | Penny sized hail was observed near Plum Springs. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bristow | - | The Warren County Kentucky Mesonet station at Ephram White Park measured a 54 knot, or 62 mph wind gust. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bristow | - | Kentucky Mesonet site EWPK measured a 63 mph wind gust. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bristow | - | Trees blew down in the area. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Bristow | - | A trained spotter reported quarter and larger size hail. |
| March 2020 | Hail | Bristow | - | A trained spotter reported 1 hail. |
| March 2020 | Hail | Bristow | - | A trained spotter reported 1 hail. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Bristow | - | Several roads in the county had water covering them, especially on the northeast side in the Plum Springs Area near Moorman Lane. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bristow | - | A trained spotter reported shingles blown off a home near Warren East High School. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bristow | - | A spotter reported snapped trees along Beech Bend Road just outside of Bowling Green. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bristow | - | A line of storms produced winds that downed several trees and power lines in and just east of Bowling Green along Interstate 65. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bristow | - | There was damage to the roof and windows at a lumber company. The time is estimated based on radar. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Bristow | - | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Hail | Bristow | - | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Hail | Bristow | - | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Hail | Bristow | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bristow | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plum Springs | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Collett (historical) | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Sunnyside | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Indian Hills | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Mount Victor | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Girkin | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Briarwood Manor | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Loving | 3.7 miles | 15 |
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 Bristow | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690164 | 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 507586. 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.







