Fern Creek, Kentucky
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Southeast Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40291. It lies near Evergreen Hill. The Survey maps it on the Jeffersontown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1907 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Jeffersontown quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Jeffersontown quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Jeffersontown quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Jeffersontown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Jeffersontown quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Jeffersontown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Fern Creek between 2001 and 2014, burning about 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BROAD RUN |
| 3 October 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
21 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fern Creek in 21 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 flash flood, 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 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Fern Creek | $100,000 | A weak tornado touched down just east of Bardstown Road near the entrance to the Glenmary subdivision. Significant large tree damage occurred. Roofs showed minor structural damage, but most damage was due to structures being hit by falling trees. The tornado lifted just east of the subdivision, and a funnel cloud was reported near the Gene Snyder Freeway and Billtown Road. |
| May 2005 | Lightning | Fern Creek | $10,000 | A lightning strike caused a house fire on Pepperdine Court. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fern Creek | - | Large tree limbs were broken by strong winds in Fern Creek. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Fern Creek | - | Half dollar sized hail fell near Jeffersontown. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Fern Creek | - | Quarter sized hail was observed in Fern Creek. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fern Creek | - | A tree was down across Hudson Lane, near St. Gabriel Church. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fern Creek | - | An off-duty NWS employee reported trees down on Stony Brook Road. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fern Creek | - | An off-duty NWS employee reported a large tree split in half. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Fern Creek | - | A public report was received that indicated that streets in the South Fern Creek area were flooding as a result of several inches of rain from intense thunderstorms. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fern Creek | - | The public reported trees down in Fern Creek. A nearly the same time, a 56 mph wind gust was measured by an unofficial wind sensor at the NWS office in Louisville. The ASOS at Standiford airport in Louisville measured a 52 mph wind gust. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Fern Creek | - | A spotter in Fern Creek reported 1 inch hail. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Fern Creek | - | Numerous reports of damaging hail were received from the Fern Creek area. One spotter reported 2 inch hail. Large hail damaged vehicles and the siding of several homes. A NWS employee observed many leaves stripped from trees and localized fog resulting from patches of hail left on the ground 2 hours after the storm passed. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fern Creek | - | Four large trees were downed in the Seatonville Road area. |
| April 1999 | Flash Flood | Fern Creek | - | Roads flooded in Fern creek area |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fern Creek | - | Trees down |
| March 2025 | Hail | Fern Creek | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Fern Creek | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Fern Creek | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Fern Creek | - | no account filed |
| October 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fern Creek | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fern Creek | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashville | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Mansfield Estates | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Brentlinger | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Watterson Woods | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Hollow Creek | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Highview | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Glenmary | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Spring Mill | 2.5 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 492041. 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.










