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Coxs Creek, Kentucky

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Coxs Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40004. It stands on Samuels Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fairfield quadrangle.

Coxs Creek within Nelson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Coxs Creek between 1999 and 2019, burning about 70 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/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
27 September 2019Railroad operations and maintenance50 acresKentucky Division of ForestryDEATSVILLE
24 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minor6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 April 2010Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 March 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
27 February 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
27 February 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 November 2010Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMEADOW LANE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nelson County

Storms near this place

21 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coxs Creek in 21 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 flash flood, 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
March 2017Thunderstorm WindCoxs Creek$40,000Trained spotters reported severe thunderstorm winds brought down utility poles.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindCoxs Creek$10,000The roof of a 30 foot by 40 foot block building was ripped off and thrown, along with large cinder blocks. Also, a large shed was thrown about 70 feet across a resident's yard.
April 1998Thunderstorm WindCoxs Creek$10,000Several roofs blown off houses and numerous trees down. Report relayed from local television station.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindCoxs Creek$5,000Trees were downed and a garage sustained roof damage.
June 2025FloodCoxs Creek-Flooding was reported along Hobbs Lane.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindCoxs Creek-The National Weather Service Louisville confirmed straight line winds in the Cox's Creek area on Old Louisville Road. There was one barn that had extensive roof damage and an adjacent barn had its door blown out. No trees, lawn furniture, or power lines came|down. ||Winds were estimated to be 70 mph, and all were facing to the east southeast.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindCoxs Creek-Law enforcement reported tree down in Nelson County.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindCoxs Creek-A large tree branch fell and destroyed a trampoline.
June 2020Flash FloodCoxs Creek-There was a water rescue on Murray Run Road.
March 2017HailCoxs Creek-The public reported hail 1.5 inches in diameter and sent a picture to the local TV station via Twitter.
March 2017HailCoxs Creek-A trained spotter reported hail 1 inch in diameter.
June 2017Flash FloodCoxs Creek-Local media reported high water flowing over Murray Run Road.
April 2015HailCoxs Creek-The public reported penny sized hail near Cox's Creek.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindCoxs Creek-A Nelson County law enforcement official reported that a large tree fell down blocking the roadway. Also, several other large tree limbs were down as a result of severe thunderstorm winds.
March 2002Thunderstorm WindCoxs Creek-Trees were blown down.
July 2018HailCoxs Creek-no account filed
March 2010HailCoxs Creek-no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindCoxs Creek-no account filed
March 2002HailCoxs Creek-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindCoxs Creek-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindCoxs Creek-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Nelson 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
Hunters3.0 miles11
Bourbon Springs3.3 miles9
Lenore3.3 miles11
Samuels3.3 miles11
Nazareth3.5 miles9
Upper Grove (historical)3.9 miles7
Withrow4.4 miles9
Plum Run (historical)4.4 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507769. 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.