Finchville, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Simpsonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40022. The Survey maps it on the Simpsonville quadrangle. It stands 771 feet above sea level.
On record in Finchville
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 11 records
Logan Houselisted 1988- Buck Creek Rosenwald Schoollisted 2013
- Courtney Houselisted 1988
- Marene Duvall Houselisted 1988
- Grasslandslisted 1977
- Knight-Stout Houselisted 1975
- Money Farmlisted 1988
- Olive Branch Methodist Episcopal Churchlisted 1988
- James A. Pickett Houselisted 1988
- Radcliffe-Duvall Farmlisted 1988
- Shelby Academylisted 1975
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1929 USGS Taylorsville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Simpsonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Simpsonville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Finchville in 2005, burning about 10 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 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Finchville in 14 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Finchville | $30,000 | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Tornado (EF1) | Finchville | $25,000 | This tornado touched down 1.6 miles east-southeast of Finchville just north of the end of Duvall Lane. It then traveled north-northeast and produced a track of just over 2 miles over mainly plowed field and strips of forest. Two barns were destroyed. Two other barns has much of their roofs removed. In one case, portions of the roof were strewn downwind across a field and became lodged within a grove of trees. More than two dozen trees were snapped or uprooted. It lifted 1 mile south of the intersection of Taylorsville Road and Interstate 64. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Finchville | $20,000 | Two houses damaged by trees. A barn lost part of a roof. All damage occurred from one mile North of Finchville to Logan State Road. Report from Shelby County Department of Emergency Service and HAM Radio spotter. |
| August 2021 | Lightning | Finchville | $10,000 | There was a structure fire caused by a lightning strike. Cost of damage is unknown. |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Finchville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Finchville | - | Trees fell down. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Finchville | - | Quarter sized hail was observed near Finchville. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Finchville | - | A broadcast meteorologist relayed a report to the NWS of nickel size hail. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Finchville | - | The Shelby County emergency manager reported that several trees fell down in the Finchville area. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Finchville | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Finchville | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Finchville | - | no account filed |
| November 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Finchville | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Finchville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veech | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Olive Branch | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Figgs | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Joyes | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Veechdale | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Montclair | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Sunnyside (historical) | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Simpsonville | 5.3 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 Finchville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5449846 | 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 492079. 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.





