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East Bernstadt, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the East Bernstadt census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40729. The Survey maps it on the London quadrangle. 809 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,198 feet above sea level.

East Bernstadt within Laurel County

On record in East Bernstadt

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

3 figures

East Bernstadt grew from 774 to 809 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2000774
2010716-58 (-7%)
2020809+93 (+13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

98 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of East Bernstadt between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,968 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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
Debris and open burning44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Recreation and ceremony16
Arson/incendiarism14
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2008Debris and open burning20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
14 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance146 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 September 2002Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 September 1998Debris and open burning10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 July 2000Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 July 2014Recreation and ceremony6.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHAZEL GREEN FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Laurel County

Storms near this place

43 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Bernstadt in 43 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 35 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 2012Thunderstorm WindEast Bernstadt$50,000Multiple mobile homes were damaged on Little County Road.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindEast Bernstadt$40,000NWS Storm Survey and Emergency Manager report that the steeple at the First Baptist Church in East Bernstadt was blown off the roof. A peak wind gust of 60 to 65 mph was estimated due to the exposure of the steeple, and the lack of any other damage in the vicinity.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindEast Bernstadt$20,000A television tower was blown over by winds estimated at 69 mph.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindEast Bernstadt$20,000A television tower was blown over by wind gusts estimated at 63 mph.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindEast Bernstadt$7,000Several trees were blown down.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindEast Bernstadt$5,000Trees and power lines were blown down along Hwy 490 northwest of London.
December 1998Thunderstorm WindEast Bernstadt$5,000Trailer was blown off its foundation.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindEast Bernstadt$3,000Three large trees were blown down and across Hwy 1227.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindEast Bernstadt$1,000A tree and powerlines were blown down in East Bernstadt at KY-3434 near the intersection of Noelle Road.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindEast Bernstadt$1,000Trees were downed onto power lines along KY-490 in the 1800 block. Trees were also reported down on the railroad tracks in East Bernstadt.
July 2015Flash FloodEast Bernstadt$1,000Six inches of water was flowing across the roadway at the intersection of Hwy 490 and Hwy 3094 at School Street.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindEast Bernstadt$1,000A few shingles were blown off a home and everything on the patio was blown about 100 yards into the woods. Wind speed was measured at 77 mph.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindEast Bernstadt$1,000A tree was blown down and across a road in East Bernstadt.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindEast Bernstadt$1,000One tree was blown down near Highway 30.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindEast Bernstadt-A Laurel County deputy reported a downed tree along School Street in East Bernstadt.
April 2025HailEast Bernstadt-A member of the public sent a report in through mPING of dime sized hail (0.75 inches) in East Berdstadt.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindEast Bernstadt-A member of the public reported a tree blown down on Litton Town Road.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindEast Bernstadt-County dispatch reported tree blown down in East Bernstadt.
May 2023Flash FloodEast Bernstadt-Water was observed flowing across the intersection of Highways 3094 and 490.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindEast Bernstadt-Trees were blown down and onto Highway 490 in East Bernstadt.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindEast Bernstadt-Multiple trees were reported down along Highway 490 in the vicinity of East Bernstadt.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindEast Bernstadt-A tree was reported to have been blown down in the East Bernstadt community.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindEast Bernstadt-Dispatch reported trees blown down in East Bernstadt.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindEast Bernstadt-Dispatch relayed a report of a large tree blown down on Kentucky Highway 490 near East Bernstadt.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindEast Bernstadt-The Kentucky State Police post in London along with trained spotters reported a swath of thunderstorm wind damage, extending from East Bernstadt to south of London. Multiple trees were blown down, causing various property damage. Additionally, several business signs were damaged in London.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindEast Bernstadt-Multiple trees were blown down near East Bernstadt.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindEast Bernstadt-A tree was blown down and across Hwy 490.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindEast Bernstadt-Trees and power lines were blown down.
December 2013Thunderstorm WindEast Bernstadt-Several trees were blown down on Hwy 25 and on Hazel Patch Road.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindEast Bernstadt-A tree was blown down and onto a house. A second tree was blown down and onto Hwy 490.
April 2013FloodEast Bernstadt-A bridge on Victory Road was inundated by high water.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindEast Bernstadt-A tree was blown down on Hwy 490.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindEast Bernstadt-A trampoline was blown into some power lines.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindEast Bernstadt-A 61 mph wind gust was measured.
March 2011Thunderstorm WindEast Bernstadt-The wind blew down two to three trees.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindEast Bernstadt-Trees down on East Pittsburgh Church Road.
June 2004Flash FloodEast Bernstadt-Highway 30 was flooded with about 18 inches of water for about 100 yards. Highway 25 and Highway 1228 were also flooded.
November 2002Thunderstorm WindEast Bernstadt-Several trees were down.
April 2002HailEast Bernstadt-An estimated 50 knot wind occurred along with one inch diameter hail.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindEast Bernstadt-Several trees down.
January 1999Thunderstorm WindEast Bernstadt-Trees down.
March 1997HailEast Bernstadt-no account filed
March 1997Tornado (F0)East Bernstadt-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Laurel 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
Pittsburg2.2 miles15
Green Mountain (historical)3.1 miles15
Oakley3.5 miles15
The Hazel Patch (historical)3.6 miles15
London4.6 miles15
Victory4.6 miles14
Bernstadt4.7 miles16
Atlanta4.7 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 East BernstadtAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3316186The 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 511986. 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.