Cupio, Kentucky
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Shepherdsville Northwest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40177. It stands on Stowers Branch. The Survey maps it on the Kosmosdale quadrangle. It stands 420 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1909 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:48000
- 1912 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Cupio between 1997 and 2014, burning about 557 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | POINTE BLVD FIRE |
| 5 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | TOP HILL |
| 3 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WINDING CREEK FIRE |
| 3 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WEAVERS RUN FIRE |
| 27 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cupio: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kosmos Cement Division | Stone | Producer | ||
| Kosmosdale Pit | Stone | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cupio in 4 storm reports between 2016 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Cupio | 1 hurt | The National Weather Service surveyed a long-track EF-1 tornado that moved from Midway through the north side of Fort Knox and then ended just west of the Clermont exit on I-65. Numerous trees were downed or snapped along the damage path, which ran a little over 30 miles and was on the ground a little over 30 minutes. ||The most notable damage in Bullitt County was a large barn destroyed west of Clermont. |
| March 2025 | Tornado (EFU) | Cupio | - | The National Weather Service surveyed a long-track EF-1 tornado that moved from Midway through the north side of Fort Knox and then ended just west of the Clermont exit on I-65. Numerous trees were downed or snapped along the damage path, which ran a little over 30 miles and was on the ground a little over 30 minutes. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cupio | - | A tree was blown down across Cupio Lane. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cupio | - | Local law enforcement reported a tree down off Highway 44 West in the western part of the 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Olivet (historical) | 1.0 miles | 20 | |
| Stites | 1.6 miles | 20 | |
| Sharps (historical) | 2.3 miles | 20 | |
| Katharyn | 2.7 miles | 20 | |
| Barrallton | 4.8 miles | 20 | |
| Bullitt Lick (historical) | 6.1 miles | 20 | |
| Pitts Point | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Sunnyside (historical) | 6.8 miles | 20 |
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 Cupio | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5194548 | 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 507798. 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.









