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Campbellsburg, Kentucky

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Campbellsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40011. The Survey maps it on the Campbellsburg quadrangle. 836 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 906 feet above sea level.

Campbellsburg within Henry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 7 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 Campbellsburg between 2001 and 2004, burning about 388 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
Debris and open burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
9 April 2001Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 March 2001Debris and open burning1.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
16 March 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined26 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 March 2001Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 October 2004Arson/incendiarism354 acresBig Oaks National Wildlife RefugeTARGET

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Henry County

Storms near this place

23 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Campbellsburg in 23 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 13 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 5 flash 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
February 2018Flash FloodCampbellsburg$85,000Numerous county roads over-topped by swift moving water, resulting in washed out asphalt and culverts, and land slides.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindCampbellsburg$50,000The state police reported that two barns were demolished three miles south of Campbellsburg.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindCampbellsburg$10,000A small barn was damaged near Campbellsburg, Kentucky.
February 2002HailCampbellsburg$10,000Cars were dented by hail.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindCampbellsburg-Trees were blown down along Lake Road near Campbellsburg.
September 2020Flash FloodCampbellsburg-Water flowed out of its banks and down Skidmore Lane.
July 2015Flash FloodCampbellsburg-A public report was received that indicated high water was flowing over the road on Interstate 71 around the Campbellsburg exit.
April 2014Flash FloodCampbellsburg-Highway 421 flooded just to the north of New Castle.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindCampbellsburg-Large trees were blown down. Wind gusts were estimated to be 65 mph.
April 2010HailCampbellsburg-The hail was covering the ground.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindCampbellsburg-Power lines were blown down.
April 2008Flash FloodCampbellsburg-Fallen Timber Road was closed due to high water.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindCampbellsburg-A few trees were reported down.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindCampbellsburg-Trees and power lines were downed all over Henry County.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindCampbellsburg-Trees were downed.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindCampbellsburg-Power lines were blown down.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindCampbellsburg-Trees were downed.
January 2000Thunderstorm WindCampbellsburg-Trees down
April 2000Thunderstorm WindCampbellsburg-Trees were blown on to power lines.
July 2008HailCampbellsburg-no account filed
May 2004HailCampbellsburg-no account filed
May 2003HailCampbellsburg-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindCampbellsburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Henry 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
Turners Station2.9 miles7
Lacie3.9 miles7
Sulphur4.3 miles13
Sligo6.3 miles13
Delville6.4 miles9
New Castle6.5 miles10
Pendleton6.8 miles13
Port Royal6.9 miles8

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 CampbellsburgAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2312197The 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 488741. 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.