Edmonton, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Edmonton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42129. It stands on Skaggs Branch. The Survey maps it on the Edmonton quadrangle. 1,671 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 827 feet above sea level.
Research this city
On record in Edmonton
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 4 records
Bell House, Thelisted 2016
Metcalfe County Jaillisted 2004
Metcalfe County Kentucky Courthouselisted 2000- Stockton-Ray Houselisted 1992
Population over time
2 figuresEdmonton grew from 1,595 to 1,671 between 2010 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,595 | |
| 2020 | 1,671 | +76 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Edmonton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Edmonton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
32 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Edmonton between 1999 and 2020, burning about 129 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 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 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SULPHER SPRINGS |
| 12 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 21 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | JERKINS FIRE |
| 1 April 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HUFF FIRE |
| 9 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | KNOB LICK |
| 9 March 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
38 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edmonton in 38 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 25 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 3 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmonton | 1 hurt, $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Tornado (F2) | Edmonton | $500,000 | Tornado touched down in Edmonton then traveled along U.S. 80 to the Adair County line 14 miles to the West. A mobile and three barns were destroyed. Several homes and a factory were damaged. Many trees and power lines were also blown down. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmonton | $100,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew windows blown out of several businesses. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmonton | $50,000 | The fire chief reported that trees and power lines were down, and a shop was destroyed near Edmonton along Highway 496. Highway 496 was closed due to debris. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmonton | $50,000 | The roof was blown off a farm supply store in Edmonton. Trees were downed throughout the county. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmonton | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmonton | $40,000 | Trees fell on the roofs of two houses. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmonton | $2,000 | The Metcalfe Emergency Manager reported that a tree split and fell onto a house. Several other trees and multiple large limbs also down in the area. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmonton | $2,000 | Several trees and power lines were downed in Edmonton. A small outbuilding was blown onto a street. |
| January 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmonton | $1,000 | Windows blown out of a house |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmonton | - | There were numerous trees and power outages throughout the county. |
| May 2021 | Flash Flood | Edmonton | - | River Road was flooded. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmonton | - | Trees were reported down at the intersection of West Stockton Street and Love Street. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmonton | - | Several trees were reported down in central Metcalfe County. |
| September 2017 | Flash Flood | Edmonton | - | Metcalfe officials reported several roads closed due to flooding. |
| September 2017 | Flash Flood | Edmonton | - | An animal shelter had to be evacuated due to rising flood water. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmonton | - | The Metcalfe County emergency manager reported a tree down on Highway 80. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmonton | - | The Metcalfe County emergency manager reported numerous large trees down across the county. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmonton | - | Law enforcement reported that several trees were downed by thunderstorm winds countywide, including Edmonton. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmonton | - | Trees were blown down. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmonton | - | A few trees were downed within the city limits. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmonton | - | Trees were downed across the county. |
| November 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmonton | - | Trees were downed. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmonton | - | Power lines down near Edmonton |
| May 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Edmonton | - | State trooper reported a tornado touchdown at the fairgrounds. No reports of injuries or damage. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Edmonton | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmonton | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmonton | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Edmonton | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmonton | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Edmonton | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Edmonton | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmonton | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmonton | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Edmonton | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Edmonton | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Edmonton | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Edmonton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Flats | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Gascon | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Curtis | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Goodluck | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Cork | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| New Liberty | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Clarks Corner | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Randolph | 5.3 miles | 8 |
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 Edmonton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q669416 | 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 491570. 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.




