Elmwood, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Sebree census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42456. It stands on Sugar Camp Creek. The Survey maps it on the Beech Grove quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1908 USGS Calhoun quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Beech Grove quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Beech Grove quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Elmwood between 1998 and 2020, burning about 79 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | 3 MAN FIRE |
| 20 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 March 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LINK ROAD |
| 29 March 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Elmwood: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewel City Clay Mine | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elmwood in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmwood | $90,000 | Ten power poles were blown down along U.S. Highway 41 between Sebree and Slaughters. A wooden barn was destroyed just west of Highway 41. |
| February 2025 | Flash Flood | Elmwood | - | Flash flooding closed a portion of Highway 138 near Slaughters. |
| February 2025 | Flash Flood | Elmwood | - | A water rescue occurred along Slaughters Elmwood Road north of Slaughters due to flash flooding along the Sugar Camp Creek. |
| April 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Elmwood | - | Numerous eyewitnesses reported a tornado touchdown. There was no damage located in the woods and fields where it was sighted. Photographs showed a rope-like funnel cloud extending down behind a tree line. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breton | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Slaughters | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Onton | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Steamport Landing | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Sebree | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Gatesville | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Ortiz | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Pratt | 7.3 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507933. 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.







