Gradyville, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Gradyville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42728. It lies near Mount Matney. The Survey maps it on the Gradyville quadrangle. It stands 699 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Gradyville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Gradyville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
28 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Gradyville between 1998 and 2017, burning about 310 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 April 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 61N FIRE |
| 8 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 31 March 1998 | 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
10 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gradyville in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gradyville | $50,000 | The county Emergency Manager reported a communications tower blown down due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gradyville | $20,000 | A public report was received of a tree down on a trailer due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gradyville | - | A tree was blown down, blocking the westbound lanes of the Cumberland Parkway. |
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | Gradyville | - | Parts of Old Gradyville Road were underwater. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gradyville | - | Multiple trees were reported down on Old Gradyville Road. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gradyville | - | Local law enforcement reported trees down and a few power lines down across Adair County. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Gradyville | - | A report of nickel size hail was received by the public. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Gradyville | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Gradyville | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Flash Flood | Gradyville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taters Chapel (historical) | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Bliss | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Weed | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Flatwood | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Sparksville | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Milltown | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Portland | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Hunter (historical) | 4.4 miles | 9 |
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 Gradyville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5592158 | 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 493073. 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.




