Coldwater, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hazel-Lynn Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42071. It stands on Cook Branch. The Survey maps it on the Kirksey quadrangle. It stands 545 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1936 USGS Kirksey quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Kirksey quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Murray quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Murray quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Coldwater between 1999 and 2014, burning about 128 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 70 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HONEY BEE LANE |
| 8 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 March 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 March 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Coldwater: 3 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Ball Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooley No. 11 Pit | Ball Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Backusburg Clay | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Cook Branch Clay Bed | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Kirk Ridge Clay Exposure | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
10 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coldwater in 10 storm reports between 1997 and 2018: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2017 | Flash Flood | Coldwater | $100,000 | Several roads across the northwest part of the county were flooded and closed, including Kentucky Highway 299. Kentucky Highway 783 was closed due to a washout. Flash flooding of the north fork of Duncan Creek impacted a residence just east of Kentucky Highway 299. Floodwaters rose rapidly toward the residence, prompting a response from the emergency management agency. A barn was submerged in three feet of water from the creek. A high water rescue was conducted on a county road west of U.S. Highway 641 due to a vehicle that was driven into floodwaters. A couple miles northwest of Almo, multiple people were trapped in a vehicle caught in a flooded creek. A water rescue was conducted. A trained spotter a few miles southwest of Hardin measured 4.75 inches of rain. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coldwater | $100,000 | A macroburst containing winds estimated near 95 mph entered western Calloway County from Graves County. The three-mile wide damage area was roughly parallel to Highway 80. A camper was flipped over. Many homes and a tobacco barn sustained minor roof damage. Hundreds of trees were uprooted, including several along Highway 121 near Coldwater. Widespread power outages lasted for 6 to 12 hours on average. The underpinning of a mobile home was damaged. Much of the damage was along and just south of a line from Kirksey to Almo, including the airport area. The damage area continued east-southeast across the city of Murray. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coldwater | $75,000 | Significant damage occurred to a few houses in a small subdivision along Kentucky 121 near the Graves County line. Windows were blown in, and a set of stairs was blown onto a porch. A nearby shop of block construction on Route 121 was blown down. The roof was blown into the yard, and a nearby vehicle was heavily damaged. The roof was slightly displaced from a nearby house. A barn was destroyed, and trees were uprooted and snapped. |
| December 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coldwater | $30,000 | Some minor damage occurred at a house near Coldwater. At a farm near Kirksey, the hood was torn off a tractor, the top was blown out of a cedar tree, and a truck topper was wrapped around a tree. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coldwater | $5,000 | A few limbs and small trees were blown down. |
| April 2018 | Flood | Coldwater | - | Northwest of Murray, a secondary road was flooded between Kentucky Highways 121 and 80. Travel was not advisable in the flooded area. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Coldwater | - | A hailstorm moved out of the Farmington area of Graves County across the Coldwater and Kirksey areas of western Calloway County. Quarter to golf-ball size hail fell from the Graves County line across Coldwater to Kirksey. Some cars were damaged. |
| July 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Coldwater | - | Peak winds were estimated near 80 mph. A couple dozen trees or tree limbs were blown down. Shingles were blown off a couple of homes, and a door was blown off a well house. |
| April 2011 | Heavy Rain | Coldwater | - | Several fishermen were stranded at a rising creek near Kentucky Highway 1836. They were unable to cross the creek after the heavy rain raised creek levels. The county rescue squad used an inflatable boat to rescue them. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coldwater | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stella | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Backusburg | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Lynn Grove | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Kirksey | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Penny | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Harris Grove | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Wiswell | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| North Murray | 6.5 miles | 13 |
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 Coldwater | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690244 | 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 489801. 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.




