Glendale, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Elizabethtown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42740. The Survey maps it on the Sonora quadrangle. It stands 705 feet above sea level.
On record in Glendale
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 12 of 16 shown
- Dr. Abel Houselisted 1988
- Ashe Houselisted 1988
- William Bland Houselisted 1988
- Chestnut Grovelisted 1988
- Glendale Historic Districtlisted 1988
- Maple Hilllisted 1988
- Maplehurstlisted 1988
- Stiles McDougal Houselisted 1988
- Melton Houselisted 1988
- Adam Monin Houselisted 1988
- Richards-Hamm Houselisted 1988
- Richards-Murray Houselisted 1988
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1935 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
2 photographs, 2020Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
14 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Glendale between 1999 and 2014, burning about 546 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 | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 84 |
| 6 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SOUTH DIXIE |
| 6 September 1999 | Smoking | 201 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 94 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 September 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 117 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 95 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WEST RHUDES CREEK |
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 Glendale: 1 prospect. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highway Clay Bed | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
14 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glendale in 14 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2012 | Tornado (EF2) | Glendale | $200,000 | A survey determined that an EF-2 tornado with estimated winds of 125 to 130 mph touched down near 4510 Gaither Station Road and traveled 5 miles northeast while crossing Interstate 65. After damaging a barn near its initial touchdown point, the tornado damaged some homes and knocked down many trees and fences while crossing New Glendale and Overall Phillips Roads. After crossing the interstate, it then lifted the roofs off of several homes along Wildwood Drive and Sportmans Lake Road. The tornado attained its maximum width of 250 yards while striking a trucking company. Here, it buckled many roof trusses and spread significant debris over the Lincoln Parkway into a mobile home park. Finally, the tornado destroyed a garage and damaged 3 roofs along Hodgenville Road before lifting several hundred yards east of the road. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glendale | $50,000 | A roof was blown off a barn onto a mobile home reported by Elizabethtown Department of Emergency Service. Also, many trees were down. A steeple from a church was blown off. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glendale | $25,000 | Amateur radio operators reported power lines down at the corner of Main Street and Glendale. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glendale | $5,000 | An amateur radio operator reported to the NWS that trees were down on a house near Dixie Highway. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Glendale | - | Up to quarter sized hail was observed near Glendale. |
| November 2019 | Flash Flood | Glendale | - | Barricades were put up at Bacon Creek Road. There was an inch of water flowing over a road along the Meade County line. |
| December 2013 | Flash Flood | Glendale | - | Flowing water covered Gaither Station Road, making it impassable. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glendale | - | Trees were blown down across High Street in Glendale. |
| June 2009 | Heavy Rain | Glendale | - | Heavy rain of 1.85 inches fell over a two hour period. Water was ponding in low lying areas but roads were passable. |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Glendale | - | Highways 210 and 61 near the Larue County line were closed due to high water. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Glendale | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Glendale | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Glendale | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Glendale | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glendale Junction | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Nolin | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Gaithers | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Star Mills | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Hansbrough | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Cecilia | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Sonora | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Old Stephensburg | 6.1 miles | 18 |
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 Glendale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5568324 | 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 492892. 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.









