Erlanger, Kentucky
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Covington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41018. The Survey maps it on the Covington quadrangle. 19,611 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 912 feet above sea level.
On record in Erlanger
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
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1914 USGS West Cincinnati quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Covington quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Covington quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Covington quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Covington quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Erlanger between 2010 and 2018, burning about 45 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 March 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | INDEPENDENCE RAILROAD |
| 2 November 2010 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SHERBOURNE |
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 Erlanger: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constance Yard | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
28 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Erlanger in 28 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Flash Flood | Erlanger | $20,000 | Water was flowing down Stephenson Avenue. Several cars were submerged in the water. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Erlanger | $10,000 | A roof was lifted off a garage along Woodlyn Hills Drive in Erlanger. A pine tree was also uprooted. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Erlanger | $10,000 | A large tree, about two feet in diameter, fell on a roof of a house. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Erlanger | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Erlanger | $8,000 | Trees were also knocked down across the northern part of the county. A tree fell on a car in Covington, causing some damage. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Erlanger | $3,000 | Trees were downed. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Erlanger | $3,000 | Trees were knocked down. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Erlanger | $3,000 | Trees downed. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Erlanger | $2,000 | A tree and power lines were knocked down along McAlpin Avenue in Erlanger. |
| January 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Erlanger | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Erlanger | $1,000 | A tree was downed along Circlewood Drive. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Erlanger | $1,000 | A tree was uprooted. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Erlanger | $1,000 | Large branches were reported broken due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Erlanger | $1,000 | A 60 mph gust was estimated. |
| November 2007 | Hail | Erlanger | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Erlanger | $500 | A six inch diameter limb was knocked down. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Erlanger | $500 | A tree was downed near Turkey Foot Road and Colony Drive. |
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | Erlanger | - | Several inches of water were flowing across Narrows Road. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Erlanger | - | One inch to one and a quarter inch hail was reported. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Erlanger | - | Hail accumulated several inches across the northern part of the county. Three inches of hail remained on the ground at 700 am EST. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Erlanger | - | no account filed |
| March 2019 | Hail | Erlanger | - | no account filed |
| April 2018 | Hail | Erlanger | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Erlanger | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Erlanger | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Erlanger | - | no account filed |
| February 2002 | Hail | Erlanger | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Erlanger | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elsmere | 0.4 miles | 18 | |
| Edgewood | 1.0 miles | 18 | |
| Crestview Hills | 1.1 miles | 18 | |
| Lakeside Park | 2.1 miles | 18 | |
| Crescent Park | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Crescent Springs | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Summit Hills Heights | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Ridgeview Heights | 2.9 miles | 11 |
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 Erlanger | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1998355 | 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 491808. 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.








