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Concordia, Kentucky

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Battletown-Payneville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40157. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Alton quadrangle. It stands 453 feet above sea level.

Concordia within Meade County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

7 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Concordia between 2000 and 2010, burning about 54 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
20 August 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreHoosier National ForestBUZZARD ROOST
6 April 2010Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresHoosier National ForestCORNFIELD
22 April 2007Recreation and ceremony10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 March 2000Debris and open burning30 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 March 2009Debris and open burning5.0 acresHoosier National ForestRACHEL
29 February 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Meade County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Concordia: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Wolf Creek Clay BedClayProspect

Every working recorded in Meade County

Storms near this place

4 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Concordia in 4 storm reports between 2003 and 2020: 2 hail, 1 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
April 2015Thunderstorm WindConcordia$100,000An NWS team storm survey found that straight line winds of 75 to 80 mph caused damage east of Concordia, including downed trees and structural damage.
February 2018FloodConcordia-Local media reported high water and flooding on Kieth Road.
April 2020HailConcordia-no account filed
April 2003HailConcordia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Meade 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
Andyville3.4 miles15
Roberta3.6 miles16
Rhodelia3.6 miles16
Wolf Creek3.6 miles16
Beechland3.9 miles15
Liberty6.2 miles15
Preston (historical)6.6 miles17
Cedar Flat7.0 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 ConcordiaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q19600749The 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 489947. 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.