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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1950 USGS Alton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Alton quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Alton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Alton quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Alton quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2000Regional 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/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | BUZZARD ROOST |
| 6 April 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | CORNFIELD |
| 22 April 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | RACHEL |
| 29 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolf Creek Clay Bed | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
4 since 2003Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Concordia | $100,000 | An 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 2018 | Flood | Concordia | - | Local media reported high water and flooding on Kieth Road. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Concordia | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Concordia | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andyville | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Roberta | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Rhodelia | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Wolf Creek | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Beechland | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Liberty | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Preston (historical) | 6.6 miles | 17 | |
| Cedar Flat | 7.0 miles | 15 |
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 Concordia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19600749 | 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 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.









