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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.

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Edmonton within Metcalfe County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Edmonton 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,595
20201,671+76 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

32 since 1999

Regional 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 burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1

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
25 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 April 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 April 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 April 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestrySULPHER SPRINGS
12 April 2015Debris and open burning21 acresKentucky Division of ForestryJERKINS FIRE
1 April 2015Recreation and ceremony3.5 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHUFF FIRE
9 March 2017Debris and open burning25 acresKentucky Division of ForestryKNOB LICK
9 March 2007Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Metcalfe County

Storms near this place

38 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2001Thunderstorm WindEdmonton1 hurt, $5,000no account filed
May 1995Tornado (F2)Edmonton$500,000Tornado 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 2008Thunderstorm WindEdmonton$100,000Thunderstorm winds blew windows blown out of several businesses.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindEdmonton$50,000The 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 2008Thunderstorm WindEdmonton$50,000The roof was blown off a farm supply store in Edmonton. Trees were downed throughout the county.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindEdmonton$50,000no account filed
August 2017Thunderstorm WindEdmonton$40,000Trees fell on the roofs of two houses.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindEdmonton$2,000The 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 2013Thunderstorm WindEdmonton$2,000Several trees and power lines were downed in Edmonton. A small outbuilding was blown onto a street.
January 2000Thunderstorm WindEdmonton$1,000Windows blown out of a house
June 2023Thunderstorm WindEdmonton-There were numerous trees and power outages throughout the county.
May 2021Flash FloodEdmonton-River Road was flooded.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindEdmonton-Trees were reported down at the intersection of West Stockton Street and Love Street.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindEdmonton-Several trees were reported down in central Metcalfe County.
September 2017Flash FloodEdmonton-Metcalfe officials reported several roads closed due to flooding.
September 2017Flash FloodEdmonton-An animal shelter had to be evacuated due to rising flood water.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindEdmonton-The Metcalfe County emergency manager reported a tree down on Highway 80.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindEdmonton-The Metcalfe County emergency manager reported numerous large trees down across the county.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindEdmonton-Law enforcement reported that several trees were downed by thunderstorm winds countywide, including Edmonton.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindEdmonton-Trees were blown down.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindEdmonton-A few trees were downed within the city limits.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindEdmonton-Trees were downed across the county.
November 2002Thunderstorm WindEdmonton-Trees were downed.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindEdmonton-Power lines down near Edmonton
May 1995Tornado (F0)Edmonton-State trooper reported a tornado touchdown at the fairgrounds. No reports of injuries or damage.
March 2012HailEdmonton-no account filed
April 2007Thunderstorm WindEdmonton-no account filed
March 2006Thunderstorm WindEdmonton-no account filed
June 2005HailEdmonton-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindEdmonton-no account filed
May 2003HailEdmonton-no account filed
March 2002HailEdmonton-no account filed
April 2002Thunderstorm WindEdmonton-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindEdmonton-no account filed
May 2000HailEdmonton-no account filed
May 2000HailEdmonton-no account filed
June 1998HailEdmonton-no account filed
March 1997HailEdmonton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Metcalfe 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
Cedar Flats2.3 miles10
Gascon2.7 miles9
Curtis3.8 miles10
Goodluck4.1 miles8
Cork4.3 miles9
New Liberty4.7 miles10
Clarks Corner5.0 miles10
Randolph5.3 miles8

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 EdmontonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q669416The 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.