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Grants Lick, Kentucky

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Grants Lick census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41001. The Survey maps it on the De Mossville quadrangle.

Grants Lick within Campbell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

2 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Grants Lick between 2010 and 2012, burning about 68 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
Recreation and ceremony1
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
23 September 2010Debris and open burning53 acresKentucky Division of ForestryKLEIN FIRE
23 October 2012Recreation and ceremony15 acresKentucky Division of ForestryRECTOR RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Grants Lick: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Silver Grove YardSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Campbell County

Storms near this place

16 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grants Lick in 16 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flood, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2012Tornado (EF3)Grants Lick$1,000,000The tornado initially touched down in south central Campbell County at 1639 EST near Peach Grove Road and crossed Fisher Road northwest of Peach Grove. The tornado then crossed into Pendleton County at 1641 EST after producing high end EF3 damage along Reid Ridge Road near the Campbell and Pendleton County line. The tornado then moved across Mays Road producing significant and widespread EF2 to low end EF3 damage. The tornado then crossed AA highway and eventually the Ohio River, after crossing Kentucky Highway 8. Based on the damage surveyed, the maximum wind speed of the tornado was estimated to be 160 miles per hour in Campbell County and 140 miles per hour in Pendleton County. The tornado traveled a total of 2.68 miles in Campbell County, and 4 miles in Pendleton County. The tornado then moved into Clermont County Ohio at 1646 EST, where it hit the town of Moscow, causing EF3 damage. The tornado continued on the ground across Clermont County, crossing into Brown County at 1658 EST. The tornado then lifted south of Hamersville in western Brown County at 1702 EST. This tornado caused extensive damage to structures and trees along its entire path on both sides of the Ohio River. Numerous homes were very heavily damaged or destroyed. Many homes lost their roofs, having complete exterior wall failure. Some modular homes were completely removed from their foundations, lifted, and thrown in excess of 100 yards where they were destroyed. The damage in Ohio from this tornado was consistent with maximum winds estimated at 160 miles per hour in Clermont County, and 100 miles per hour in Brown County. The tornado traveled a total of 11.04 miles in Clermont County, and 2.69 miles in Brown County.
October 2016Thunderstorm WindGrants Lick$25,000Twenty-nine trees of various sizes were knocked down at a residence on Lees Rd. Some were snapped and some were uprooted.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindGrants Lick$25,000Several homes and structures in Grants Lick sustained minor damage. A barn was destroyed along US Route 27.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindGrants Lick$5,000Several trees were reported down in the southern portions of Campbell County due to thunderstorm winds.
October 2016Thunderstorm WindGrants Lick$3,000Several trees were reported knocked down in the Grants Lick area.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindGrants Lick$3,000Several trees were downed across the Morning View area.
May 2008FloodGrants Lick$2,000A few roads were flooded.
December 2025Thunderstorm WindGrants Lick$1,000A tree was downed near Grants Lick Elementary School.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindGrants Lick$1,000Trees and tree limbs were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2010Flash FloodGrants Lick$1,000Three roads were closed due to flash flooding.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindGrants Lick-Thunderstorm winds were measured at 62 mph.
October 2016HailGrants Lick-no account filed
August 2012HailGrants Lick-no account filed
August 2012HailGrants Lick-no account filed
November 2002Thunderstorm WindGrants Lick-no account filed
August 2000HailGrants Lick-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Campbell County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Fairlane0.7 miles11
Clay Ridge (historical)1.7 miles11
Abbott (historical)1.8 miles11
Plum Creek (historical)1.9 miles10
Pleasant Ridge (historical)2.4 miles13
Aspen Grove2.6 miles13
Dry Ridge (historical)2.8 miles10
Hopeful (historical)3.0 miles11

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 Q122547962The 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 493122. 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.