Elk Horn, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Campbellsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42733. It stands on Sprat Branch. The Survey maps it on the Campbellsville quadrangle. It stands 735 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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 Campbellsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
24 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Elk Horn between 1998 and 2019, burning about 96 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 June 2002 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 May 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.7 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 March 1998 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 March 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elk Horn in 8 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Elk Horn | $20,000 | A swift water rescue occurred on Highway 70 east of Campbellsville. Two people were successfully rescued from their vehicle. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elk Horn | $5,000 | A trained spotter reported that a tree fell down on power lines on Highway 70 approximately 3 miles southeast of Campbellsville. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elk Horn | - | The emergency manager relayed a report of several trees down along Speck Ridge Road. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Elk Horn | - | Hail up to the size of a quarter fell in many locations near the Green River Lake. The largest hail was reported near the Smith Ridge Marina on Green River Lake. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Elk Horn | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Elk Horn | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Elk Horn | - | no account filed |
| November 2002 | Hail | Elk Horn | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atchison | 1.0 miles | 11 | |
| South Campbellsville | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Acton | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Yuma | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Campbellsville | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Arista | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Hatcher | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Wooleyville | 4.8 miles | 9 |
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 Elk Horn | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5364028 | 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 507921. 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.




