Forest Hills, Kentucky
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the South Williamson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41527. It lies near Pauley Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Williamson quadrangle. It stands 774 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 23 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.
- 1887 USGS Warfield quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Warfield quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1915 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:48000
- 1915 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
162 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Forest Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,819 acres in total. None started naturally. 37 were 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 | 67 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Fireworks | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GOODY |
| 13 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LOFTIS MANSION |
| 13 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 May 2000 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | SYCAMORE CK. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Forest Hills in 5 storm reports between 2004 and 2012: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Forest Hills | $40,000 | Trees were blown with one tree holding three others back about to fall on road and homes. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Forest Hills | $500 | Estimated winds at 50 to 60 mph with small limbs down. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Forest Hills | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Forest Hills | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Forest Hills | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Road Fork (historical) | 0.2 miles | 23 | |
| New Camp | 1.6 miles | 23 | |
| Belfry | 1.8 miles | 19 | |
| Leckieville | 1.8 miles | 23 | |
| Goody | 2.1 miles | 23 | |
| Toler | 2.2 miles | 23 | |
| Sharondale | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Turkey Creek | 2.4 miles | 23 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q136298420 | 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 507355. 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.










