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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.

Bristow within Warren County

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

5 since 2001

Regional 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 ceremony2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
17 September 2008Railroad operations and maintenance75 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
14 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLOVING RD. FIRE
22 March 2014Recreation and ceremony60 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLOUISVILLE ROAD FIRE
10 November 2001Smoking3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 October 2012Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryGIRKIN WOO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Warren County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bowling Green QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bowling Green QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Warren County

Storms near this place

18 since 2011

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2025HailBristow-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 2024HailBristow-Penny sized hail was observed near Plum Springs.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBristow-The Warren County Kentucky Mesonet station at Ephram White Park measured a 54 knot, or 62 mph wind gust.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBristow-Kentucky Mesonet site EWPK measured a 63 mph wind gust.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBristow-Trees blew down in the area.
May 2021HailBristow-A trained spotter reported quarter and larger size hail.
March 2020HailBristow-A trained spotter reported 1 hail.
March 2020HailBristow-A trained spotter reported 1 hail.
February 2019FloodBristow-Several roads in the county had water covering them, especially on the northeast side in the Plum Springs Area near Moorman Lane.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindBristow-A trained spotter reported shingles blown off a home near Warren East High School.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindBristow-A spotter reported snapped trees along Beech Bend Road just outside of Bowling Green.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindBristow-A line of storms produced winds that downed several trees and power lines in and just east of Bowling Green along Interstate 65.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindBristow-There was damage to the roof and windows at a lumber company. The time is estimated based on radar.
May 2025HailBristow-no account filed
May 2025HailBristow-no account filed
May 2025HailBristow-no account filed
May 2025HailBristow-no account filed
April 2017Thunderstorm WindBristow-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Warren County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Plum Springs1.1 miles15
Collett (historical)1.7 miles13
Sunnyside2.9 miles15
Indian Hills3.1 miles16
Mount Victor3.3 miles16
Girkin3.4 miles15
Briarwood Manor3.5 miles16
Loving3.7 miles15

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 BristowAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14690164The 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.