Chestnut Grove, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Shelbyville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40065. The Survey maps it on the Ballardsville quadrangle. It stands 804 feet above sea level.
On record in Chestnut Grove
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 7 records
J. B. Allen Houselisted 1988- Samuel Booker Houselisted 1988
- Booker-Giltner Houselisted 1988
- Burton Houselisted 1988
- Samuel Ellis Houselisted 1988
- McMicken Houselisted 1988
- Neal-Hamblen Houselisted 1988
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1932 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Ballardsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Ballardsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Chestnut Grove in 2013, burning under an acre 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 February 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MOODY FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
18 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chestnut Grove in 18 storm reports between 2002 and 2026: 12 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestnut Grove | $2,000 | A member of the public reported damage to a barn. Trees were twisted and part of a silo was missing at a farm along Highway 53 in north Shelby County. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestnut Grove | - | There was tree damage off of Hinkle Lane. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestnut Grove | - | A shed collapsed and was thrown about a quarter of a mile near the 8200 block of Dover Road. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Chestnut Grove | - | Water was flowing over Lucas Road near Drane Lane. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Chestnut Grove | - | Ping pong ball-sized hail was observed in the Chestnut Grove community in northern Shelby County. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestnut Grove | - | Trees were down on Fox Run Road. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestnut Grove | - | There was suspected microburst damage along Dover Road. One outdoor pavilion was demolished. Multiple large branches were down, and a tree was uprooted. There was also a large building with a 14 foot Overhead Door that was damaged. |
| February 2021 | Flood | Chestnut Grove | - | The 1100 block of Anderson Lane was impassable due to high water, and there was a water rescue in the area. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestnut Grove | - | Trees were reported down on La Grange Road just north of Fox Run Road. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestnut Grove | - | Trees were reported down. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestnut Grove | - | The Shelby County Department of Highways reported several trees down just north of Shelbyville. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestnut Grove | - | Several trees were downed across a road. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestnut Grove | - | Numerous trees were downed. |
| February 2002 | Hail | Chestnut Grove | - | Hail was three inches deep on the roadway. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestnut Grove | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Chestnut Grove | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestnut Grove | - | no account filed |
| February 2002 | Hail | Chestnut Grove | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond Hill | 0.6 miles | 10 | |
| Todds Point | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Middletown Heights | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Joyes | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Shelbyville | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Montclair | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Veachland | 7.1 miles | 14 | |
| Simpsonville | 7.2 miles | 11 |
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 Chestnut Grove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690215 | 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 507695. 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.





