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Gresham, Kentucky

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Gresham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42743. The Survey maps it on the Gresham quadrangle.

Gresham within Green County

On record in Gresham

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 10 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

36 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Gresham between 1998 and 2020, burning about 178 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural1
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
20 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHARMON ROAD
24 August 1999Natural1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 April 2010Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 April 2010Debris and open burning25 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 March 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryLEMONS BEND RD. FIRE
7 March 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 March 2017Debris and open burning1.5 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBRAMLETT
4 March 2017Debris and open burning5.3 acresKentucky Division of ForestryRUSSELL CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Green County

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 Gresham: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Greensburg QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Green County

Storms near this place

5 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gresham in 5 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 2 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 tornado, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2015Tornado (EF1)Gresham$200,000This brief tornado tracked for approximately 1.1 miles with a maximum width of 50 yards. The highest winds were estimated to have been 95 to 105 mph. The tornado destroyed two barns and one mobile home in addition to considerable roof damage to six outbuildings along Ebenezer Road and Highway 61 southeast of Greensburg.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindGresham-Multiple trees were blown down by strong thunderstorm winds along Ebenezer Road in southeastern Green County.
January 2022Flash FloodGresham-Flash flooding with rapidly moving water flowing over KY SR 61 (Columbia Road). Damage amount unknown.
February 2019Flash FloodGresham-A driver reported fast flowing water over Highway 61 between Greensburg and Columbia. Emergency crews were en route to close the roadway.
July 2013FloodGresham-A Green County official reported several inches of water on Colombia Highway southeast of Gresham.

Every storm recorded in Green 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
Bramlett2.5 miles10
Haskingsville3.0 miles10
Roachville3.3 miles10
Mount Gilead3.9 miles10
Fry4.0 miles10
Kemp4.2 miles10
Thurlow4.7 miles9
Greensburg5.1 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508135. 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.