Chalybeate, Kentucky
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Brownsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42171. The Survey maps it on the Rhoda quadrangle.
On record in Chalybeate
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Chalybeate Springs Hotel Springhouselisted 2018 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 23 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 Mammoth Cave quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1923 USGS Mammoth Cave quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rhoda quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Rhoda quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
16 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Chalybeate between 1999 and 2014, burning about 71 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were 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 burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | OAK GROVE CHURCH FIRE |
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 June 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | NOAH BLEDS |
| 19 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PIG ROAD |
| 18 April 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mammoth Cave National Park | TAURUS |
| 6 March 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 21 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 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 Chalybeate: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent Prospect Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Prospect |
Storms near this place
20 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chalybeate in 20 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chalybeate | $50,000 | A roof was blown off of a barn. |
| February 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chalybeate | $50,000 | NWS survey crew observed intermittent straight-line wind damage in the town of Chalybeate. There was damage to fences, several trees snapped, and 2 older barns experienced significant damage. In a residential area, two large sections of trees fell on one roof, and an above ground swimming pool was blown away. Everything was facing down from west to east, indicative of straight line winds. The duration of the thunderstorm wind event was 2 minutes. |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chalybeate | $10,000 | A greenhouse was blown down. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chalybeate | $10,000 | Numerous large trees and power lines were reported down in the Chalybeate and Rhoda areas and near the intersection of Highway 101 and Highway 743. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Chalybeate | - | Quarter size hail was estimated in the Chalybeate area. |
| December 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Chalybeate | - | This tornado formed approximately 1 mile north of Petros near Petros Browning Road and tracked northeast for approximately 26 miles before exiting Warren County and into southern Edmonson County. Civil Air Patrol assisted in surveying the tornado path in this rural part of Edmonson County. Scattered tree damage was observed from the western edge of the county to where the tornado dissipated, near Brownville Road. |
| March 2020 | Flash Flood | Chalybeate | - | Water was over Kentucky State Roads 743 and 655. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chalybeate | - | Edmonson County officials reported many trees and power lines down in the area due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chalybeate | - | Edmonson County officials reported numerous trees and power lines down in the area. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chalybeate | - | The Edmonson emergency manager reported numerous large trees and power lines down in the area. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chalybeate | - | The county Emergency Manager reported large trees down on Noah Bledsoe Road. |
| February 2012 | Flash Flood | Chalybeate | - | Local emergency management reported water blocking State Highway 743 near Chalybeate. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Chalybeate | - | Flash flooding led to the closure of New Grove Rd. and Chalybeate School Rd. near 31W in southern Edmonson County. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chalybeate | - | Trees were downed and a trailer was blown over. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chalybeate | - | Trees were downed. |
| August 2022 | Hail | Chalybeate | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Chalybeate | - | no account filed |
| February 2002 | Hail | Chalybeate | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Chalybeate | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chalybeate | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhoda | 2.1 miles | 23 | |
| Pig | 3.5 miles | 23 | |
| Arthur | 3.7 miles | 23 | |
| Nick | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Cedar Spring | 4.4 miles | 24 | |
| Brownsville | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Elko | 5.9 miles | 23 | |
| Rocky Hill | 6.6 miles | 24 |
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 Chalybeate | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5069094 | 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 489315. 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.







